daily lives

Regular ordinary activities

Daily lives refers to the routine activities, experiences, and circumstances that make up ordinary existence: Technology has transformed our daily lives.

The phrase emphasizes the everyday rather than the exceptional—work, meals, commutes, relationships.

It appears most often when discussing how something affects people generally: The new policy will impact the daily lives of millions.

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mornings · morning coffee · getting ready · cleaning · sleep · cooking · meal prep · schedule · lifestyle · exercise · mundane · 9-to-5 · habitual · hobbies · quality time · alarm · commute · home

Opposites
temporal frequency/regularity

daily livesannual events

Occurrences repeating each year

ordinariness/specialness

daily livesspecial occasions

Events deserving extra attention

peak experiences · defining moments · turning points · milestones · celebrations

scope/scale

daily livescosmic scale

Universe-sized frame of reference

public life

Family

life, day, daily, today, days, yesterday, lives, diurnal

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Known to kids · Used worldwide · Timeless · Everyday, not technical · Rated G