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
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The sun is expected to shine to end the workweek Friday, with warmer temperatures and a high around 49 with west wind 7 to 13 mph, gusting as high as 21 mph.
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Todd Karpovich, Baltimore Sun, 6 Feb. 2025
The average workweek again held steady at 34.3 hours.
—Jeff Cox, CNBC, 10 Jan. 2025
Long Work Weeks Tank Performance Economists have long warned that long workweeks undermine the performance of factory workers.
—Lieke Ten Brummelhuis, Forbes, 8 Jan. 2025
Perhaps also like clockwork, the atmosphere and energy began to shift right around 5 p.m., as the uptown workweek unofficially ended.
—Théoden Janes, Charlotte Observer, 8 Jan. 2025
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Todd Karpovich, Baltimore Sun, 6 Feb. 2025
The average workweek again held steady at 34.3 hours.
—Jeff Cox, CNBC, 10 Jan. 2025
Long Work Weeks Tank Performance Economists have long warned that long workweeks undermine the performance of factory workers.
—Lieke Ten Brummelhuis, Forbes, 8 Jan. 2025
Perhaps also like clockwork, the atmosphere and energy began to shift right around 5 p.m., as the uptown workweek unofficially ended.
—Théoden Janes, Charlotte Observer, 8 Jan. 2025
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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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