weekend

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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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Adjective
  • Thanks to persistent inflation, the soaring cost of living, and AI making employers cautious about hiring (and everyday people cautious of spending), entry-level part-time jobs like lifeguarding and retail assistants are disappearing.
    Orianna Rosa Royle, Fortune, 25 July 2026
  • Apral Jack, a care provider and part-time Amazon worker, has fewer mouths to feed now that her three daughters are adults.
    Dee-Ann Durbin, Chicago Tribune, 25 July 2026
Adjective
  • The population may be unprepared, but the authorities have done little to help them.
    Andrei Popoviciu, The Dial, 21 July 2026
  • During Covid, private health care providers — hospitals and clinics — proved unprepared to manage the deluge of new patients.
    David Blumenthal, STAT, 20 July 2026
Adjective
  • Even healthy parasocial dynamics can seem unusual to those uninitiated in internet culture.
    Kaitlyn Huamani, Fortune, 13 July 2026
  • For any uninitiated readers, the title is a reference to the Old Testament’s Book of Leviticus.
    Brian Davids, HollywoodReporter, 22 June 2026

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“Weekend.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/weekend. Accessed 30 Jul. 2026.

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