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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On Friday, after a weeklong manhunt, Brown was found armed around 2 p.m. local time about 5-and-a-half miles away from the shooting scene. Alaa Elassar, CNN Money, 10 Aug. 2025 The 45-year-old man accused in the fatal shooting of a bartender and three patrons at a Montana bar was captured by police on Aug. 8 after a weeklong manhunt, state officials announced. Eduardo Cuevas, USA Today, 9 Aug. 2025 The film directed by Amy Berg opens Friday for a weeklong run at Media Arts Center San Diego’s Digital Gym Cinema downtown. David L. Coddon, San Diego Union-Tribune, 7 Aug. 2025 Austin Robert Drummond, 28, was taken into custody in Jackson by the Tennessee Bureau of Investigation after a weeklong manhunt, according to the Jackson, Tennessee, Police Department. Bill Hutchinson, ABC News, 5 Aug. 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 28 Aug. 2025.

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