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
Recent Examples of Synonyms for weekend
Adjective
  • The closure will affect six employees, including two full-time and four part-time staffers.
    Vince Basada, Sacbee.com, 21 Aug. 2026
  • Before being drafted, teams generally believed Hunter was better suited to be a full-time corner and part-time wideout in the NFL, though the Jags saw it the other way.
    Jeff Howe, New York Times, 21 Aug. 2026
Adjective
  • Ariah’s unexpected arrival left Ross and Bellamy feeling slightly unprepared for their daughter.
    Kayla Grant, PEOPLE, 21 Aug. 2026
  • Caught unprepared for chemical warfare and lacking standard-issue gas masks, Allied soldiers improvised by covering their mouths and noses with handkerchiefs or pieces of cloth drenched in water or urine.
    Encyclopedia Britannica, Encyclopedia Britannica, 19 Aug. 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 27 Aug. 2026.

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