fortnight
noun
Examples of fortnight in a Sentence
Natalie Babcock, Los Angeles Times, 8 Sep. 2023
And over the past fortnight, that is what seems to have happened with the cork wedge: a shoe synonymous with people who wear maxi-dresses at local bake sales.
—Daniel Rodgers, Vogue, 7 Aug. 2023
After a fortnight of unfettered positivity and interest on social media (including some amateur experimental attempts that were streamed on Twitch), authoritative efforts from physicists around the world to double-check the South Korean team’s claims have mostly deflated the hype.
—Lauren Leffer, Scientific American, 14 Aug. 2023
Was dead for another fortnight since none of them bother their hole with me for a minute.
—Daniela Avila, Peoplemag, 26 July 2023
Enter Email Sign Up The matchup on Centre Court at the All England Club to close the fortnight is absolutely the one both men expected.
—Howard Fendrich, BostonGlobe.com, 15 July 2023
The prices of both Urals and Brent crude, the global oil benchmark, have risen 23% and 10% respectively over the past fortnight, according to Argus Media data.
—Anna Cooban, CNN, 13 July 2023
When Paris was awarded the 2024 Olympics a half-dozen years ago, the world was looking forward to an enchanting fortnight in the City of Light.
—John Powers, BostonGlobe.com, 22 July 2023
With her combination of power and finesse—an arsenal of drop shots, lobs, and other specialist shots—Jabeur has made a fearsome opponent over the fortnight, as well as at her two previous major finals (both last year, at Wimbledon and the US Open).
—Vogue, 15 July 2023
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Word History
Middle English fourtenight, alteration of fourtene night, from Old English fēowertȳne niht fourteen nights
before the 12th century, in the meaning defined above
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fortnight
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Old English fēowertȳne niht "fourteen nights"
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