a week

phrase

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

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The median full-time worker earned $596 a week in the third quarter of 2001 and $1,251 in the second quarter of 2026, according to BLS data, a gain of about 3% a year. — Nick Lichtenberg, Fortune, 2 Oct. 2026 After five shootings in less than a week left at least 46 people dead, South Africa is wrestling with how to tackle a spike in gun crime that threatens to undo recent progress in reducing its notoriously high murder rate. — Nimi Princewill, CNN Money, 2 Oct. 2026 Stallone also found work as an usher at a movie theater, earning just $34 a week. — Stephanie Nolasco, FOXNews.com, 2 Oct. 2026 Temperatures in this major western city are forecast to near 100 degrees for a week straight. — Ben Noll, Washington Post, 2 Oct. 2026 See All Example Sentences for a week

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“A week.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/a%20week. Accessed 3 Oct. 2026.

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