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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
Adjective
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If approved by a majority of the 40 eligible members, the union would represent the museum’s full- and part-time educators, archivists and marketing and development staff.—
Evan Simko-Bednarski,
New York Daily News,
27 Mar. 2026
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But for most pre-retirees with investment accounts, pensions, or part-time work, total income from all sources will likely push a portion of Social Security benefits into taxable territory.—
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
27 Mar. 2026
Adjective
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Rosa and Menning were obviously unprepared for this line of questioning.—
Gaby Del Valle,
Harpers Magazine,
24 Mar. 2026
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Somehow, President Businessman and his White House staffers were caught unprepared by the surge in oil prices.—
Voice of the People,
New York Daily News,
22 Mar. 2026
Adjective
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For the three people left in the world who remain uninitiated, breakout stars Hudson Williams and Connor Storrie play Shane Hudson and Ilya Rozanov, two rival hockey captains who fall in love over the course of a decade of yearning and clandestine hookups.—
Emily Tannenbaum,
Glamour,
19 Mar. 2026
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For those uninitiated, the McRib is sort of a big deal.—
Dallas Morning News,
Dallas Morning News,
6 Jan. 2026
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“Weekend.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/weekend. Accessed 31 Mar. 2026.
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