How to Use workweek in a Sentence

workweek

noun
  • The high could reach 70 for the soggy start to the workweek.
    Greg Bluestein, ajc, 22 Apr. 2018
  • The rain should end about same time the next workweek begins.
    Tom Skilling, chicagotribune.com, 16 May 2018
  • And the five-day workweek has been the standard in the U.S. since the Great Depression.
    Jason Heller, The Atlantic, 26 Feb. 2023
  • At times, that meant two jobs apiece and 60-80 workweeks.
    Benjy Egel, Sacramento Bee, 10 May 2024
  • Zoom in: Here's what to know as the workweek gets started.
    Erin Doherty, Axios, 16 July 2024
  • About a third of those days away came during the workweek.
    Jake Pearson, The Seattle Times, 12 May 2017
  • Phoenix will also be around 115 for most of the workweek.
    Ian Livingston, Washington Post, 8 July 2024
  • The workweek will be slightly cooler with highs in the low to mid-90s.
    Dallas News, 1 Aug. 2021
  • The four-day workweek has been a workplace dream for decades.
    Christine Hauser, BostonGlobe.com, 6 June 2022
  • There is more pain ahead, though, with lots of warmth on tap this workweek.
    A. Camden Walker, Washington Post, 19 Feb. 2023
  • See Ian Livingston’s forecast through the start of the workweek.
    A. Camden Walker, Washington Post, 7 Oct. 2023
  • The four-day workweek wasn’t even on Fain’s agenda in those talks, though.
    Prarthana Prakash, Fortune Europe, 7 Dec. 2023
  • Cloudy skies start off the workweek, with a little bit of rain around the area today.
    courant.com, 22 May 2017
  • The workweek is about to get a lot longer for some employees in Greece.
    Chris Morris, Fortune, 24 June 2024
  • That is more than six full-time workweeks per year or 1.1 hours per day.
    Lieke Ten Brummelhuis, Forbes, 8 Jan. 2025
  • Still, the best thing about Sunday is its distance from the horrors of the workweek.
    Lauren Larson, GQ, 20 Oct. 2017
  • However, the flip side is the stress of the busy season, with 60+ hour workweeks being the norm for the first four months of the year.
    Bryce Welker, Miami Herald, 7 Mar. 2024
  • Waiters sought a 25 cent an hour raise and maids the end of seven-day workweeks.
    Andrew Wolfson, The Courier-Journal, 15 Feb. 2018
  • Many of those problems were cleared up by the beginning of the workweek.
    Faith Karimi, CNN, 20 June 2019
  • What’s your favorite part of the workweek, and what’s the most difficult?
    Emily Longeretta, Variety, 3 Apr. 2023
  • The end of your 40-plus-hour workweek does not have to mean more time lounging with others.
    Darcel Rockett, chicagotribune.com, 11 May 2018
  • The total number, courtesy of secondary roads, has climbed each of the last three days of the workweek.
    Alan Wooten | The Center Square, Washington Examiner - Political News and Conservative Analysis About Congress, the President, and the Federal Government, 5 Oct. 2024
  • The remainder of the workweek should be sunny with highs from the upper 60s to the upper 70s.
    Bruce Henderson, charlotteobserver, 16 Apr. 2018
  • For her, that’s a job with a four-day workweek that is fully remote.
    Bailey Schulz, USA TODAY, 1 Nov. 2022
  • Automaker Henry Ford was among the first to switch to a five-day workweek in 1926.
    Rachel Pannett, Washington Post, 7 June 2022
  • The length of the average workweek was unchanged at 34.4 hours.
    Author: Lucia Mutikani, Alaska Dispatch News, 6 Oct. 2017
  • Fifty hours represents just over 30% of a month’s work, based on a 40-hour workweek.
    Daniel De Visé, USA TODAY, 1 Nov. 2024
  • The dip was driven by a decline in employment, the length of the workweek and new orders.
    Lydia Depillis, CNN, 17 June 2019
  • There is also potential for another snow system at the end of the workweek.
    Adriana Pérez, Chicago Tribune, 6 Jan. 2025
  • Progressive staffers on Capitol Hill are proposing an idea to shorten their workweek to 32 hours.
    Lauren Irwin, The Hill, 16 Jan. 2025

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