to the day
idiom
: to exactly a specified number of years
It's been 100 years to the day since their great discovery.
Soon after their wedding, almost a year to the day, they got divorced.
Examples of to the day in a Sentence
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In Sunday’s AdventHealth 400, nearly a year to the day later, the track in Kansas City, Kansas played host to the closest finish in NASCAR history.
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Todd Engle, Kansas City Star, 6 May 2024
History was overtly rhyming: the police action took place on the fifty-sixth anniversary to the day of the massive arrests that ended a student takeover of Hamilton Hall in the Vietnam era—one of the iconic scenes of that iconic year.
—Susan B. Glasser, The New Yorker, 2 May 2024
The Alaskan incident came almost three years to the day since Boeing was charged with conspiring to defraud the United States, for allegedly lying to the FAA during its evaluation of the 737 MAX aircraft.
—James Hill, ABC News, 24 Apr. 2024
Price’s announcement, which came almost three years to the day after Gonzalez’s death, marks a reversal from the conclusions of her predecessor, Nancy O’Malley, who two years ago cleared the three officers of any criminal wrongdoing.
—Jakob Rodgers, The Mercury News, 19 Apr. 2024
An area with high foot traffic and drug smuggling
Witnesses during the trial testified that residents in the area of Kelly’s ranch, in Kino Springs, had been seeing more frequent dangerous activity leading up to the day of the shooting.
—Sarah Lapidus, The Arizona Republic, 19 Apr. 2024
Nevertheless, when the Roseanne-less show premiered on Oct. 18, 2018 — 30 years to the day of the original debut — Barr’s character had died three weeks earlier from an opioid overdose and the family was grieving.
—Jim Halterman, Variety, 9 Apr. 2024
Registration is currently closed for bib processing but will open back up on Saturday morning and stay open up to the day of the event.
—Michael Charboneau, Los Angeles Times, 4 Apr. 2024
Records from the weeks leading up to the day Méndez executed the agreement show a steady stream of text communications between the city attorney and lobbyist Melissa Tapanes, who represented developer Michael Stern.
—Tess Riski, Miami Herald, 11 Apr. 2024
Todd Engle, Kansas City Star, 6 May 2024
History was overtly rhyming: the police action took place on the fifty-sixth anniversary to the day of the massive arrests that ended a student takeover of Hamilton Hall in the Vietnam era—one of the iconic scenes of that iconic year.
—Susan B. Glasser, The New Yorker, 2 May 2024
The Alaskan incident came almost three years to the day since Boeing was charged with conspiring to defraud the United States, for allegedly lying to the FAA during its evaluation of the 737 MAX aircraft.
—James Hill, ABC News, 24 Apr. 2024
Price’s announcement, which came almost three years to the day after Gonzalez’s death, marks a reversal from the conclusions of her predecessor, Nancy O’Malley, who two years ago cleared the three officers of any criminal wrongdoing.
—Jakob Rodgers, The Mercury News, 19 Apr. 2024
An area with high foot traffic and drug smuggling
Witnesses during the trial testified that residents in the area of Kelly’s ranch, in Kino Springs, had been seeing more frequent dangerous activity leading up to the day of the shooting.
—Sarah Lapidus, The Arizona Republic, 19 Apr. 2024
Nevertheless, when the Roseanne-less show premiered on Oct. 18, 2018 — 30 years to the day of the original debut — Barr’s character had died three weeks earlier from an opioid overdose and the family was grieving.
—Jim Halterman, Variety, 9 Apr. 2024
Registration is currently closed for bib processing but will open back up on Saturday morning and stay open up to the day of the event.
—Michael Charboneau, Los Angeles Times, 4 Apr. 2024
Records from the weeks leading up to the day Méndez executed the agreement show a steady stream of text communications between the city attorney and lobbyist Melissa Tapanes, who represented developer Michael Stern.
—Tess Riski, Miami Herald, 11 Apr. 2024
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“To the day.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/to%20the%20day. Accessed 9 May. 2024.
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