Thesaurus results for WEEKEND

weekend

adjective

Definition of weekend

as in part-time

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Recent Examples of weekend Plus eight more weekend-fun ideas from Times listings coordinator Matt Cooper. — Laura Blasey, Los Angeles Times, 28 Jan. 2022 Meanwhile, an unprecedented number of bus drivers are out sick during the surge of the omicron variant, putting weekend-level bus service on the region’s roads seven days a week. — Washington Post, 22 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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Every other Saturday in my childhood involved trips down to Somerset Park on the train to watch part-time soccer players battle the unforgiving wind and rain of the west coast of Scotland.

— Patrick Sung Cuadrado, CNN Money, 24 Sep. 2026
The popular Carbone’s Kitchen has been operating with a large generator, but most of the smaller shops and service businesses there are trying to get by part-time with smaller ones.

— Don Stacom, Hartford Courant, 24 Sep. 2026

Definition of part-time

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Atlanta’s snow-day reality When Atlanta gets meaningful snow or ice, AWD can help; but the larger problem is that the roads themselves become hazardous and other drivers may be unprepared.

— Beth Livesay, AJC.com, 25 Sep. 2026
Despite knowing a windfall is coming, most women are still unprepared to handle it.

— Medora Lee, USA Today, 23 Sep. 2026

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