weekend

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Recent Examples of weekend 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 At these multi-weekend events, artisans sold jewelry, candles and clothing; musicians played lutes and flutes; and fire-eaters, jugglers, acrobats and jousters performed feats of medieval derring-do. Washington Post, 24 June 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
Adjective
  • Example part-time remote job listing: UnitedHealth Group is hiring for a call center RN--part-time remote, as of the time of writing.
    Rachel Wells, Forbes.com, 17 Aug. 2025
  • At one point earlier this year, the chamber scaled back staff to part-time hours.
    Olivia Rose, AZCentral.com, 17 Aug. 2025
Adjective
  • Even after bearing witness to this, however, Crutcher was completely unprepared for just how much hair Crosby would have when he was born.
    Jack Beresford, MSNBC Newsweek, 10 Aug. 2025
  • That’s the reality facing today’s enterprises, and many are unprepared for it.
    Adrian Carr, Forbes.com, 8 Aug. 2025
Adjective
  • 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
  • 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 20 Aug. 2025.

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