workweek
noun
work·week
ˈwərk-ˌwēk 
: the hours or days of work in a calendar week
40-hour workweek
a 5-day workweek
a shortened workweek
Examples of workweek in a Sentence
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Rain chances rise tonight and remain for at least the first half of the workweek, a pattern that has been looming since our Friday morning forecast.
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A. Camden Walker, Washington Post, 31 Mar. 2024
All of which speaks to why Americans will most certainly work than ever despite the workweek shrinking.
—John Tamny, Forbes, 30 Mar. 2024
In China, workers were accustomed to long workweeks, a fact that Mr. Musk saw as an advantage.
—John Liu, New York Times, 27 Mar. 2024
The bill Sanders introduced Wednesday in the Senate would reduce the standard workweek from 40 hours to 32 hours.
—Russ Bynum, Fortune, 16 Mar. 2024
Golden’s experiment is part of the burgeoning four-day workweek movement that’s been given extra fuel by pandemic disruptions to traditional work schedules over the last four years.
—John Aguilar, The Mercury News, 22 Feb. 2024
The pay, for a 37.5-hour workweek, is more than the United Kingdom’s typical national minimum wage, which would equate to about 20,300 pounds per year ($25,720).
—Jennifer Hassan, Washington Post, 21 Mar. 2024
How would a shorter workweek affect employees and productivity?
—Russ Bynum, Fortune, 16 Mar. 2024
This round of storms began blowing into the region earlier in the week, and the front is expected to continue for the remainder of the workweek.
—David Montesino, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 6 Mar. 2024
A. Camden Walker, Washington Post, 31 Mar. 2024
All of which speaks to why Americans will most certainly work than ever despite the workweek shrinking.
—John Tamny, Forbes, 30 Mar. 2024
In China, workers were accustomed to long workweeks, a fact that Mr. Musk saw as an advantage.
—John Liu, New York Times, 27 Mar. 2024
The bill Sanders introduced Wednesday in the Senate would reduce the standard workweek from 40 hours to 32 hours.
—Russ Bynum, Fortune, 16 Mar. 2024
Golden’s experiment is part of the burgeoning four-day workweek movement that’s been given extra fuel by pandemic disruptions to traditional work schedules over the last four years.
—John Aguilar, The Mercury News, 22 Feb. 2024
The pay, for a 37.5-hour workweek, is more than the United Kingdom’s typical national minimum wage, which would equate to about 20,300 pounds per year ($25,720).
—Jennifer Hassan, Washington Post, 21 Mar. 2024
How would a shorter workweek affect employees and productivity?
—Russ Bynum, Fortune, 16 Mar. 2024
This round of storms began blowing into the region earlier in the week, and the front is expected to continue for the remainder of the workweek.
—David Montesino, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 6 Mar. 2024
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First Known Use
1892, in the meaning defined above
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workweek
noun
work·week
ˈwərk-ˌwēk
: the hours or days of work in a calendar week
a 40-hour workweek
a 5-day workweek
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