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
  • To put into context how long ago that race was, the only drivers from the 43-car field to still be active in NASCAR are Martin Truex Jr., Mike Harmon and Greg Biffle on a part-time basis, and then Kyle Busch, who still races full time in the Cup Series.
    Nicholas Creel, MSNBC Newsweek, 19 Apr. 2025
  • Employers with 15 or more employees would fall under the law, including those hiring for temporary or part-time roles.
    Alonzo Martinez, Forbes.com, 18 Apr. 2025
Adjective
  • The fraught legal battle is also taking place amid a sudden round of visa revocations among international students at some of the country’s top universities, with college officials left unprepared and searching for answers from the government.
    Karina Tsui, CNN Money, 7 Apr. 2025
  • Employers are largely unprepared to attract and retain talent, especially younger and older talent, according to Dr. Vânia de la Fuente-Núñez.
    Sheila Callaham, Forbes.com, 30 Mar. 2025
Adjective
  • 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
  • Still, the project offered a unique opportunity to reunite iconic talent with the franchise (hi, Jennifer Tilly!) and let the screenwriter reimagine his legendary character for an uninitiated, more progressive audience.
    Alison Foreman, IndieWire, 12 Dec. 2024

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“Weekend.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/weekend. Accessed 22 Apr. 2025.

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