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
  • Suarez, whose mayoral role is considered part-time, also works as a private attorney.
    Tess Riski, Miami Herald, 13 May 2025
  • The nine-story building has a part-time doorman, a somewhat reasonable maintenance of $1,771 a month, and allows pieds-à-terre, pets, guarantors, and subletting.
    Kim Velsey, Curbed, 13 May 2025
Adjective
  • Step 4: Know How to Handle an Unexpected Buyer Inquiry This is where most unprepared owners make costly mistakes.
    Lien De Pau, Forbes.com, 7 May 2025
  • Not three years ago, David Cronenberg sent another unprepared festival audience sprinting for the exits.
    A.A. Dowd, Vulture, 28 Apr. 2025
Adjective
  • Game players knew this was coming and fidgeted in their seats to see what their uninitiated friends and family would make of last night’s big The Last of Us episode.
    Paul Tassi, Forbes.com, 21 Apr. 2025
  • The script apparently also features period-accurate dialogue with translations and annotations for those uninitiated to Old English.
    Nick Romano, EW.com, 22 Jan. 2025

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“Weekend.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/weekend. Accessed 21 May. 2025.

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