Once
Once adverb - At an earlier or previous time.
These days and once are semantically related. In some cases you can use "These days" instead an adverb "Once".
These days
Once and these days are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Once" instead an adverb phrase "These days".
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It's basically the author's way of commenting on the way that there are so many comics in the newspapers these days which were once funny, once had a lot of appeal, but are now tired and boring.
Source: Comic Strip / FoxTrot -
Georgia: Once upon a time, or more specifically at the dawn of time, god, lower case "g", was getting busy with creation, as the kids these days are saying.
Source: Once Upon a Time - Still along BBC lines, this show just doesn't seem to be Merlin these days without Arthur popping up shirtless at least once every couple of episodes.
Source: Shirtless Scene / Live-Action TV
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These days and Once. (2016). Retrieved 2026, July 29, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/once/these_days
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These days or Once. 2016. Accessed July 29, 2026. https://thesaurus.plus/related/once/these_days.
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