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Discover LudwigThe phrase "a day longer" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used to express the idea of extending a duration or period of time by one additional day.
Example: "I can't stay here a day longer; I need to return home."
Alternatives: "one more day" or "an extra day".
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The president says he won't leave our troops there a day longer than is absolutely needed.
With a mean duration of 5.6 days, symptoms lasted about a day longer in the ibuprofen group.
Women given ibuprofen had their symptoms for a day longer, and about 60% (n=143) still had still symptoms after four days compared with about half of those given fosfomycin initially.
They will not stay a day longer than necessary.
We could have to hold weekend offenders a day longer".
Thank you Dr Kom Pogkham for ensuring that telegram took a day longer to arrive.
Critics agreed, sales boomed, and the sun shone for a day longer.
But we will not stay a day longer than we need to.
As we said, our forces will not stay in Iraq a day longer than is necessary.
She told me she couldn't live near him a day longer.
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The German government stands ready for this". Offers of help and moral support from the German government took a day longer to materialize.
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