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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The first 40 or so of those days will be spent turning on the telescope's instruments and performing status checks as the spacecraft slowly configures itself for operation. Josh Dinner, Space.com, 30 Aug. 2026 Business was brisk because, in those days, owning a car was a luxury. Danielle Parker, CBS News, 28 Aug. 2026 Kurilov would later describe those days at sea as among the happiest of his life. Alex Ritman, Variety, 28 Aug. 2026 Spyder’d been partners with my last employer, Peabody, back in those days. Ingrid Vasquez, PEOPLE, 27 Aug. 2026 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 3 Sep. 2026.

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