by the day
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But, whether they make the cut or not, stunt actors and body doubles - who are compensated by the day - do still get paid for their time.
From BBC
Powers said that while he has traded options before, including zero-day contracts that expire by the day’s end, he prefers prediction markets because he finds them more straightforward.
One European policy-maker who asked not to be named joked to me that Canada was becoming "more and more European by the day".
From BBC
That show is growing duller, and more lethargic and repetitive, by the day, like watching reruns of a canceled sitcom.
From Salon
And local networks that offer instruction and training for how to legally observe ICE raids are proliferating by the day.
From Los Angeles Times
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