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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.
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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
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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
Recent Examples of Synonyms for weekend
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Like most twenty-somethings adjusting to post-grad life, Walz – who works part-time at a ski resort throughout Montana winters and year-round at a homeless shelter – considers rising costs.—
Jay Stahl,
USA Today,
25 Oct. 2025
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The annual change especially impacts part-time workers and people who are full-time caregivers or parents.—
Maia Pandey,
jsonline.com,
24 Oct. 2025
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Most of the hikers were unprepared for the weather, according to Vilaine.—
Thao Nguyen,
USA Today,
28 Oct. 2025
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The question is whether turmoil among China’s brass hats signals a military unprepared for a mammoth undertaking like a Taiwan assault.—
Charlie Campbell,
Time,
23 Oct. 2025
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For those uninitiated, the Alien film franchise (starting with 1979’s Alien) centers on humans trying to survive an encounter with a fearsome alien species that is a certified killing machine, with razor-sharp teeth and acid for blood.—
Dave Nemetz,
TVLine,
6 Aug. 2025
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To the rescue of those uninitiated of the ins and outs of professional golf came renowned golf influencer Paige Spiranac, who dedicated a post on her X profile, which has more than one million followers, to explaining the issue.—
Julio Cesar Valdera Morales,
MSNBC Newsweek,
17 May 2025
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“Weekend.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/weekend. Accessed 30 Oct. 2025.
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