1
: a day on which work is performed as distinguished from a day off
2
: the period of time in a day during which work is performed
workday
adjective
Examples of workday in a Sentence
On workdays I usually wake up at six o'clock.
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John Borland, Forbes, 7 Mar. 2025
At the end of the workday, there was still no word from the E.E.O.C.
—E. Tammy Kim, The New Yorker, 4 Mar. 2025
Knowing how to use Excel well could be the difference between spending hours manually fiddling with data or breezing through your workday, and the 2024 Ultimate Excel Training Bundle is here to help make that happen.
—Jessica Kanzler, Miami Herald, 3 Mar. 2025
That scent has lasted through medium-intensity yoga (though not a long run) and most of a workday.
—Alanna Martine Kilkeary, Glamour, 25 Feb. 2025
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“Workday.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/workday. Accessed 12 Mar. 2025.
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workday
noun
work·day
-ˌdā 
1
: a day on which work is performed
2
: the period of time in a day during which work is performed
workday
adjective
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