weeklong

adjective

week·​long ˈwēk-ˈlȯŋ How to pronounce weeklong (audio)
: lasting a week

Examples of weeklong in a Sentence

We attended a weeklong training conference in Atlanta.
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Marchand, meanwhile, was the best player on the ice all night, showing no rust after a weeklong absence. Adam H. Beasley, Miami Herald, 2 Nov. 2025 Back in September, McGovern, his wife Marlene Martinez, her father and their two young daughters took a weeklong trip to Hawaii. Colson Thayer, PEOPLE, 31 Oct. 2025 Documents gone, Ma embarks on a weeklong rampage while readers also get to know teenage thief Boomba. Clare Mulroy, USA Today, 31 Oct. 2025 The president, who finished a weeklong swing through Asia on Thursday, announced an uneasy truce with China following a meeting with its leader, President Xi Jinping, in South Korea. David Sivak, The Washington Examiner, 31 Oct. 2025 See All Example Sentences for weeklong

Word History

First Known Use

1847, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of weeklong was in 1847

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“Weeklong.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/weeklong. Accessed 8 Nov. 2025.

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