: lasting a week

Examples of weeklong in a Sentence

We attended a weeklong training conference in Atlanta.
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Amid a weeklong barrage of criticism, the Rams didn’t land in Melbourne for their season opener Thursday until 28 hours before kickoff while the San Francisco 49ers had been there all week. Los Angeles Times, 11 Sep. 2026 The Associated Press MELBOURNE, Australia -- The San Francisco 49ers enjoyed every moment of their weeklong Australian adventure. ABC News, 10 Sep. 2026 Using hydraulic modeling, MMSD determined that about 400 properties would have faced an elevated risk of basement backups even if the pipe had been open during April’s weeklong storms, which brought up to 9 inches of rain. Caitlin Looby, jsonline.com, 10 Sep. 2026 Vanessa Phillips had been looking forward to a weeklong cruise all summer. Daniel De Visé, USA Today, 10 Sep. 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 15 Sep. 2026.

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