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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State of the art for the era, the Pera was the first in Constantinople (as the city was still called in those days) to feature an electric elevator and hot running water.
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Joe Yogerst, Forbes.com, 16 July 2025
One of those days of stealthy significance, when cause became effect.
—Clare Sestanovich, New Yorker, 13 July 2025
Freed was Watanabe’s teacher at Greenwood Music Camp in Massachusetts, and the conductor admitted to being a bit scared of him back in those days.
—Sheila Regan, Twin Cities, 11 July 2025
That includes just four of the past 16, which means Díaz has caught at least one inning (and often more) on those days.
—Kevin Acee, San Diego Union-Tribune, 10 July 2025
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Joe Yogerst, Forbes.com, 16 July 2025
One of those days of stealthy significance, when cause became effect.
—Clare Sestanovich, New Yorker, 13 July 2025
Freed was Watanabe’s teacher at Greenwood Music Camp in Massachusetts, and the conductor admitted to being a bit scared of him back in those days.
—Sheila Regan, Twin Cities, 11 July 2025
That includes just four of the past 16, which means Díaz has caught at least one inning (and often more) on those days.
—Kevin Acee, San Diego Union-Tribune, 10 July 2025
See All Example Sentences for those days
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“Those days.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/those%20days. Accessed 21 Jul. 2025.
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