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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Following the success of its inaugural continental festival in 2023, the Giants of Africa Festival returns to Kigali from July 26 to August 2, 2025, for a weeklong celebration of basketball, culture, entrepreneurship, and opportunity. Sindiswa Mabunda, Forbes.com, 8 May 2025 The event will also honor 15 seventh-grade girls from San Dieguito Union High School District chosen by the branch to attend Tech Trek virtual STEM camp or weeklong residential camp at the University of San Diego this summer. Ut Community Press, San Diego Union-Tribune, 7 May 2025 Bondi announced the outcome of a weeklong, multi-agency enforcement operation targeting one of the largest drug trafficking organizations. CBS News, 7 May 2025 The Galactic Senate has a fair amount of screen time in Star Wars: Revenge of the Sith, which recently completed a successful weeklong theatrical rerelease celebrating its upcoming 20th anniversary. Jesse Hassenger, Vulture, 7 May 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 20 May. 2025.

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