day after day

idiomatic phrase

: for an indefinite or seemingly endless number of days
followed the same routine day after day

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Nearby, but in a world of their own, medically fragile youngsters at the start of life’s journey spend day after day, year after year, confined to cribs. Carol Marbin Miller, Miami Herald, 17 Jan. 2025 But not everyone is expected to exert themselves physically day after day in a high-pressure environment, either. Joshua Kloke, The Athletic, 15 Jan. 2025 Optimize Caching Development teams tend to work on the same repositories day after day, and frequent caching is key for reducing database load and improving performance and scalability. Debo Ray, Forbes, 14 Jan. 2025 Tran, 27, now sits accused in a cell in the Camden County, N.J. jail, while the victim of the shooting, Kishan Patel, 31, undergoes day after day of grueling rehab at a special hospital 1,500 miles away in Houston in an effort to restore basic functions. Graham Rayman, New York Daily News, 14 Jan. 2025 See all Example Sentences for day after day 

Word History

First Known Use

1555, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of day after day was in 1555

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“Day after day.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/day%20after%20day. Accessed 21 Jan. 2025.

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