: lasting a week

Examples of weeklong in a Sentence

We attended a weeklong training conference in Atlanta.
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In 1998, Jackson helped lead a weeklong blockade along the Quebec border in an effort to protest the hiring of Canadian loggers who were coming into Maine and driving down pay rates. Kimberlee Kruesi, Los Angeles Times, 20 July 2026 One shopper racked up over 20,000 steps in these sandals every day during a weeklong Disney trip. Genevieve Cepeda, InStyle, 18 July 2026 Thames took part in the Tougaloo Art Colony, a weeklong retreat at Jackson’s Touglaoo College in 2001. Shantay Robinson, ARTnews.com, 17 July 2026 Wellness travel—anything from a weekend hike to a weeklong spa getaway with massages and sensory deprivation water tanks—has become a trendy mainstay of the tourism industry. Katie Camero, Condé Nast Traveler, 15 July 2026 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 Jul. 2026.

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