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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Flags in front of public institutions around California’s capital were flown at half-staff on Friday — the final workday of a week when Americans commemorated the 24th anniversary of 9/11 and when conservative activist Charlie Kirk was assassinated at an event in Utah.
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Rohan Joshi, Forbes.com, 19 Sep. 2025
In one email reviewed by USA TODAY, a CDC employee was informed that their reasonable telework accommodation request had been withdrawn with no further explanation or justification in the middle of the night, giving them fewer than eight hours of notice before the next workday began.
—Mary Walrath-Holdridge, USA Today, 18 Sep. 2025
The city’s pedestrian beach trail will be closed from the North Beach parking lot to El Portal during work hours, but will reopen at the end of each workday and will be open on Sundays, officials said.
—Laylan Connelly, Oc Register, 17 Sep. 2025
Flags in front of public institutions around California’s capital were flown at half-staff on Friday — the final workday of a week when Americans commemorated the 24th anniversary of 9/11 and when conservative activist Charlie Kirk was assassinated at an event in Utah.
—Sacbee.com, 12 Sep. 2025
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“Workday.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/workday. Accessed 21 Sep. 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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