to the day
idiom
: to exactly a specified number of years
It's been 100 years to the day since their great discovery.
Soon after their wedding, almost a year to the day, they got divorced.
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The launch came 13 years to the day since the first Falcon 9 launch in 2010.
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Richard Tribou, The Orlando Sentinel, 3 June 2025
News of the forthcoming record arrives almost one year to the day since Weller’s last album, 66, which arrived on May 24, 2024 – one day before his 66th birthday.
—Tyler Jenke, Billboard, 22 May 2025
Coincidentally, Washington’s honor comes 36 years to the day after Lee’s debut film, Do the Right Thing, electrified the Palais after its world premiere in Competition.
—Erik Pedersen, Deadline, 19 May 2025
Reckoning Is Closure for Tom Cruise’s Infamous Couch Jump The new Mission: Impossible hits theaters 20 years to the day since Cruise jumped on Oprah’s couch.
—Britina Cheng, Vulture, 22 May 2025
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Richard Tribou, The Orlando Sentinel, 3 June 2025
News of the forthcoming record arrives almost one year to the day since Weller’s last album, 66, which arrived on May 24, 2024 – one day before his 66th birthday.
—Tyler Jenke, Billboard, 22 May 2025
Coincidentally, Washington’s honor comes 36 years to the day after Lee’s debut film, Do the Right Thing, electrified the Palais after its world premiere in Competition.
—Erik Pedersen, Deadline, 19 May 2025
Reckoning Is Closure for Tom Cruise’s Infamous Couch Jump The new Mission: Impossible hits theaters 20 years to the day since Cruise jumped on Oprah’s couch.
—Britina Cheng, Vulture, 22 May 2025
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“To the day.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/to%20the%20day. Accessed 9 Jun. 2025.
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