the other day/night/morning/afternoon/evening
noun
: on a day/night/morning/afternoon/evening in the recent past
The other morning, I saw a deer on our lawn.
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Data from Moody’s Analytics the other day said almost half of consumer spending comes from the economic top 10% of households, which alone presents a risk.
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Erik Sherman, Forbes, 1 Mar. 2025
Yet, there was Trump at the White House the other day parading the golfing great around at an event honoring Black History Month, of all things.
—Leonard Greene, New York Daily News, 23 Feb. 2025
My partner made a joke the other day about fixing himself a $50 omelet.
—Megha Satyanarayana, Scientific American, 7 Feb. 2025
Close noted the other day that she wasn’t hired to win something in January or February.
—Jim Alexander, Orange County Register, 2 Feb. 2025
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Erik Sherman, Forbes, 1 Mar. 2025
Yet, there was Trump at the White House the other day parading the golfing great around at an event honoring Black History Month, of all things.
—Leonard Greene, New York Daily News, 23 Feb. 2025
My partner made a joke the other day about fixing himself a $50 omelet.
—Megha Satyanarayana, Scientific American, 7 Feb. 2025
Close noted the other day that she wasn’t hired to win something in January or February.
—Jim Alexander, Orange County Register, 2 Feb. 2025
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“The other day/night/morning/afternoon/evening.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/the%20other%20day%2Fnight%2Fmorning%2Fafternoon%2Fevening. Accessed 5 Mar. 2025.
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