on the day

phrase

British
: on the day that an event happens
I know we seem a bit disorganized now, but we'll be all right on the day.
Whether we win or not depends on which players are healthy on the day.

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That's because while the IRS generally considers a return filed on the day it is postmarked, most states require mail-in ballots to arrive by Election Day, regardless of when they were mailed or postmarked. — Sarah Agostino, CNBC, 15 Oct. 2026 Notifying our offices on the day the decision was made public, without prior conversations or an opportunity to understand the rationale and explore potential solutions, is unacceptable. — Noelle Lilley, CBS News, 14 Oct. 2026 Temperature highs are in the high 80s with a couple areas breaching 90 degrees on the day, according to NWS Melbourne. — Garfield Hylton, The Orlando Sentinel, 14 Oct. 2026 Today, there is no more certainty than there was on the day Karuna was diagnosed. — Raj Panjabi, Time, 13 Oct. 2026 See All Example Sentences for on the day

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