weekend

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Recent Examples of weekend Meanwhile, an unprecedented number of bus drivers are out sick during the surge of the omicron variant, putting weekend-level bus service on the region’s roads seven days a week. Washington Post, 22 Jan. 2022 This winter, the team will sponsor a growing, weekend-long pond hockey tournament in the Matanuska-Susitna Borough. Marc Lester, Anchorage Daily News, 26 Nov. 2021 At these multi-weekend events, artisans sold jewelry, candles and clothing; musicians played lutes and flutes; and fire-eaters, jugglers, acrobats and jousters performed feats of medieval derring-do. Washington Post, 24 June 2021 Not many players in this field had experienced a multi-weekend run. Chad Lindskog, The Indianapolis Star, 23 Mar. 2021 See all Example Sentences for weekend 
Recent Examples of Synonyms for weekend
Adjective
  • These high-level professionals, often with C-suite titles on their resumes, agree to provide their expertise to companies part-time.
    Nate Bennett, Forbes, 13 Jan. 2025
  • Vrabel was fired by the Titans after the 2023 season, then spent 2024 in a part-time role as a coaching and personnel consultant with the Cleveland Browns.
    Jackson Thompson, Fox News, 12 Jan. 2025
Adjective
  • The economics are changing rapidly, and the risks of being caught unprepared for some of those shocks are high enough that retailers need to pay attention in 2025.
    Lauren Parker, WWD, 6 Jan. 2025
  • But the cost of ensuring extra energy capacity is prohibitive, and many countries are unprepared for worsening conditions, said Nicolas Fulghum, a senior analyst at Ember.
    José María León Cabrera, New York Times, 30 Dec. 2024
Adjective
  • Still, the project offered a unique opportunity to reunite iconic talent with the franchise (hi, Jennifer Tilly!) and let the screenwriter reimagine his legendary character for an uninitiated, more progressive audience.
    Alison Foreman, IndieWire, 12 Dec. 2024
  • In case you’re uninitiated, Spotify Wrapped summarizes the biggest moments of your Spotify usage: your top artist, your top genre, and your top song, among others.
    Charley Ross, Glamour, 21 Nov. 2024

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“Weekend.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/weekend. Accessed 20 Jan. 2025.

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