those days
plural noun
: a period of time in the past
Remember when we were kids and life was easy? Well, those days are gone.
In those days, women weren't allowed to own property.
No one knew in those days what caused the disease.
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While the number of days in a school year varies–the U.S. averages 180 days, other systems like Ontario and Australia approach 200–how those days are spread across the year differ.
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Vicki Phillips, Forbes, 20 Mar. 2025
Yet football, and perhaps English football more than anywhere else, has changed dramatically since those days of Thierry Henry, Dennis Bergkamp and Robert Pires.
—Chris Weatherspoon, The Athletic, 20 Mar. 2025
Our understanding of capitalism was entirely different in those days.
—Ernesto Lechner, Rolling Stone, 19 Mar. 2025
During their mission, the pair spent a total of 286 days in orbit, with 285 of those days on the ISS itself.
—Amanda Castro, Newsweek, 18 Mar. 2025
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Vicki Phillips, Forbes, 20 Mar. 2025
Yet football, and perhaps English football more than anywhere else, has changed dramatically since those days of Thierry Henry, Dennis Bergkamp and Robert Pires.
—Chris Weatherspoon, The Athletic, 20 Mar. 2025
Our understanding of capitalism was entirely different in those days.
—Ernesto Lechner, Rolling Stone, 19 Mar. 2025
During their mission, the pair spent a total of 286 days in orbit, with 285 of those days on the ISS itself.
—Amanda Castro, Newsweek, 18 Mar. 2025
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“Those days.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/those%20days. Accessed 25 Mar. 2025.
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