day-to-day details

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day-to-day
adjective[before noun]
uk
/ˌdeɪ.təˈdeɪ/
us
/ˌdeɪ.təˈdeɪ/
happening every day as a regular part of your job ...
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detail
noun
uk
/ˈdiː.teɪl/
us
/dɪˈteɪl/
us
/ˈdiː.teɪl/
a single piece of information or fact ...
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(Definition ofday-to-dayanddetailfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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Our clause has no such high aspirations: it is aimed at the day-to-day details of the operation which are sometimes overlooked.
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That is particularly true in relation to the day-to-day details of how judges should deliver their opinions.
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The only thing that was wrong with the two-tier system was the day-to-day details.
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But the day-to-day details are the policy of administration.
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Any company in difficulty with its banks will find the bank taking an active interest in its finances, but not in day-to-day details of products, marketing and management.
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I share the views of my colleagues who do not believe that oversight means involvement or dabbling in the day-to-day details and activities of the security services.
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The board should also be free to decide that a study of the language itself should be published separately from the day-to-day details of the board's operations and finances.
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We do not want to be trooping from one end of the county to the other, or into a neighbouring county, to have some day-to-day details attended to.
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Initially, the superintendent's main function was clerical in nature and focused on assisting the board of education with day-to-day details of running the school.
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Wilson's like for politics and managing the day-to-day details of the political process was growing.
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