long weekend
noun
: a weekend that includes the Friday before, the Monday after, or both because one does not have to work or go to school on those days
We took Friday off and went to the coast for a long weekend.
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As Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA) leads the Republican Party into what will likely be a long weekend of negotiations, the GOP must respect that its slim majority in the House and Senate could be threatened by making the wrong move on the SALT cap and Medicaid cuts.
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Jeffrey Sonnenfeld, Time, 16 May 2025
Turn off your news alerts—even for a long weekend—and get out there.
—Sarah Kuta, Denver Post, 14 May 2025
Summer’s first long weekend is almost here—and so are the best early Memorial Day clothing sales of 2025.
—Jake Henry Smith, Glamour, 9 May 2025
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Jeffrey Sonnenfeld, Time, 16 May 2025
Turn off your news alerts—even for a long weekend—and get out there.
—Sarah Kuta, Denver Post, 14 May 2025
Summer’s first long weekend is almost here—and so are the best early Memorial Day clothing sales of 2025.
—Jake Henry Smith, Glamour, 9 May 2025
Shohei Ohtani What’s going on in South Florida this long weekend?
—South Florida Sun Sentinel, Sun Sentinel, 2 May 2025
See All Example Sentences for long weekend
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“Long weekend.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/long%20weekend. Accessed 24 May. 2025.
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