monthlong

adjective

month·​long ˈmən(t)th-ˈlȯŋ How to pronounce monthlong (audio)
: lasting a month

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Right now, La Clinica has a monthlong wait. Suzanne King, Kansas City Star, 4 Feb. 2026 The most obvious evidence of that trend is currently taking place in the form of a monthlong exercise in abstemiousness known as Dry January. Alexander Nazaryan, New Yorker, 29 Jan. 2026 Carol Trzcinski, executive director of McCord Gallery & Cultural Center in Palos Park, wants to help veterans tell their stories by exhibiting their art during a monthlong exhibit in March. Melinda Moore, Chicago Tribune, 24 Jan. 2026 A week ago, the department announced the funneling of about 2,000 more federal agents into the Twin Cities metro area in a monthlong surge amid the state's widening fraud scandal. Riley Moser, CBS News, 11 Jan. 2026 See All Example Sentences for monthlong

Word History

First Known Use

1843, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of monthlong was in 1843

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“Monthlong.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/monthlong. Accessed 6 Feb. 2026.

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