workweek
noun
work·week
ˈwərk-ˌwēk 
: the hours or days of work in a calendar week
40-hour workweek
a 5-day workweek
a shortened workweek
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Phoenix will also be around 115 for most of the workweek.
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Ian Livingston, Washington Post, 8 July 2024
However, another round of hot temperatures — 106 on Wednesday and 109 on Thursday — will return through the end of the workweek before conditions drop into the high 90s again.
—Elise Fisher, Sacramento Bee, 8 July 2024
Now, the 48-year-old father of three is spending all of his free time outside his 40-hour workweek campaigning against incumbent GOP Sen. Deb Fischer.
—Maya Marchel Hoff, USA TODAY, 15 Apr. 2024
Ford Motor Company introduced the 40-hour workweek in 1926, according to the World Economic Forum.
—Brian Niemietz, New York Daily News, 14 Mar. 2024
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Ian Livingston, Washington Post, 8 July 2024
However, another round of hot temperatures — 106 on Wednesday and 109 on Thursday — will return through the end of the workweek before conditions drop into the high 90s again.
—Elise Fisher, Sacramento Bee, 8 July 2024
Now, the 48-year-old father of three is spending all of his free time outside his 40-hour workweek campaigning against incumbent GOP Sen. Deb Fischer.
—Maya Marchel Hoff, USA TODAY, 15 Apr. 2024
Ford Motor Company introduced the 40-hour workweek in 1926, according to the World Economic Forum.
—Brian Niemietz, New York Daily News, 14 Mar. 2024
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workweek
noun
work·week
ˈwərk-ˌwēk
: the hours or days of work in a calendar week
a 40-hour workweek
a 5-day workweek
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