a week

idiom

: each week
I volunteer at the school once a week.

Examples of a week in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web Two weeks later, the union said, the company instituted a new return-to-office policy requiring staff to work in-person two days a week at offices in several cities, including in Chicago. Talia Soglin, Chicago Tribune, 16 May 2024 Place jar in refrigerator for about a week to infuse and ferment. Caron Golden, San Diego Union-Tribune, 15 May 2024 The new date comes about a week after it had been revealed in court that nine of the 10 wrongful death cases tied to the crowd rush had been settled out of court, including one that had been set to go to trial this month. Ethan Millman, Rolling Stone, 15 May 2024 One of the rooms is a 24/7 control room, where remote assistance workers worked 10 hours a day, four days a week, monitoring both the autonomous fleet—suggesting routes for the taxis when they got stuck or didn’t know how to proceed—and the vehicles that were being operated with drivers. Jessica Mathews, Fortune, 16 May 2024 Sauro and his colleagues, who had received a grant from the National Geographic Society, finally got close to the volcano in September 2021, about a week after the eruption subsided. Yudhijit Bhattacharjee, Smithsonian Magazine, 16 May 2024 About a week after Katrina made landfall, in September 2005, a search and rescue team discovered remains between the rubble of two homes that had been destroyed in St. Martin, several miles from Biloxi, according to Vogen. Emily Mae Czachor, CBS News, 16 May 2024 The flare comes after nearly a week of flares and coronal plasma ejections spat toward the planet that threatened disruptions to power and communications systems on Earth. Greg Wehner, Fox News, 15 May 2024 Unlike in seasons past when performances were spread out over a week to give singers time for vocal rest between shows, the performances will be presented on three consecutive days. Pam Kragen, San Diego Union-Tribune, 5 May 2024

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“A week.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/a%20week. Accessed 20 May. 2024.

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