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n. - The time during which someone's life continues; 24 hour periods.

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  • Don't count the days, make the days count.
  • The monarch's last days
  • Adverb : They slept days rather than nights
  • I remembered the days I spent with him and started to count the days… when we were in love…
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  • A lottery winner is likely to be in a "daze" (a state of shock, stun, or bewilderment) for "days" (more than one 24-hour period from midnight to midnight) after becoming a millionaire.
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