1
: a day on which work is performed as distinguished from a day off
2
: the period of time in a day during which work is performed
workday
adjective
Examples of workday in a Sentence
On workdays I usually wake up at six o'clock.
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Olatunji Osho-Williams, Smithsonian Magazine, 18 Dec. 2024
From to-do lists to time-blocking, we’re inundated with tips on maximizing every second of the workday.
—Israa Nasir, TIME, 17 Dec. 2024
The new format gives fans additional time to travel to Las Vegas for the last two rounds, avoids a semifinal being played during a workday locally in Sin City, and prevents competition with Monday Night Football and Thursday Night Football.
—Jacob Feldman, Sportico.com, 15 Dec. 2024
One of your New Year’s resolutions might as well be to extend the seasonal kindness to every workday in 2025.
Follow me on LinkedIn.
—Lieke Ten Brummelhuis, Forbes, 15 Dec. 2024
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“Workday.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/workday. Accessed 27 Dec. 2024.
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workday
noun
work·day
-ˌdā 
1
: a day on which work is performed
2
: the period of time in a day during which work is performed
workday
adjective
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