weekend

Definition of weekendnext

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Recent Examples of weekend Fyre Festival was supposed to be an elaborate, weekend-long music festival in 2017, but its meltdown went viral on social media, as attendees documented makeshift tents and meager food offerings. Stephen Kalin, WSJ, 21 Nov. 2022 Plus eight more weekend-fun ideas from Times listings coordinator Matt Cooper. Laura Blasey, Los Angeles Times, 28 Jan. 2022 This winter, the team will sponsor a growing, weekend-long pond hockey tournament in the Matanuska-Susitna Borough. Marc Lester, Anchorage Daily News, 26 Nov. 2021 Not many players in this field had experienced a multi-weekend run. Chad Lindskog, The Indianapolis Star, 23 Mar. 2021 See All Example Sentences for weekend
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Adjective
  • Explore a wider range of options for yourself and your team for future work options, including full-time jobs, part-time roles, freelance gigs, and entrepreneurial and intrapreneurial pursuits.
    Laurel Donnellan, Forbes.com, 26 June 2026
  • Georgia’s special legislative session cost taxpayers more than $300,000, money that paid for the state’s part-time lawmakers to return to Atlanta amid bustling World Cup matches to prevent a crisis that threatened to upend the midterm elections.
    Sophia Eppley, AJC.com, 26 June 2026
Adjective
  • But for most of the world, and particularly for countries and companies caught unprepared, the impact on GDP is clearly downward.
    Catherina Gioino, Fortune, 30 June 2026
  • The Financial Cost Of Poor Health Planning A family can spend years optimizing a tax strategy that saves tens of thousands of dollars while simultaneously remaining unprepared for a health event that costs hundreds of thousands.
    John Samuels, Forbes.com, 30 June 2026
Adjective
  • For any uninitiated readers, the title is a reference to the Old Testament’s Book of Leviticus.
    Brian Davids, HollywoodReporter, 22 June 2026
  • The idea is to have expert hairstylists train uninitiated or intimidated fathers on how to comb and braid their kids’ hair, using salon-type head mannequins but in a setting for bros.
    Andrew J. Campa, Los Angeles Times, 19 June 2026

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“Weekend.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/weekend. Accessed 2 Jul. 2026.

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