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day-to-day

adverb

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Wiktionary

adj

  1. Ordinary, mundane, or everyday.

    One has to deal with the day-to-day chores.

    “The book is about guilt, adultery, murder, a chase through the mountains — you know, the usual day-to-day stuff,” Babcock said wryly.

  2. Happening every day, everyday.

    I would like to know about the day-to-day workings of the business.

    High manganese material is three times more costly, but its expectation of life is five years; in addition, it offers a big saving in day-to-day maintenance.

  3. Subject to daily redetermination.

    He has an ankle sprain and his status is day-to-day.

    [T]he supply of the basic necessities for making polish-remover is becoming more scarce every day. Our company is fortunate in having a year’s supply on hand but other organizations have been leading a day-to-day life, so to speak, with their polish-remover.

adv

  1. On a daily basis.

    The cost of gasoline is determined day-to-day.

noun

  1. Ordinary, monotonous routine; that which is usual or mundane.

    People come here to escape the day-to-day.