Thesaurus results for WEEKEND

weekend

adjective

Definition of weekend

as in part-time

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Recent Examples of weekend Plus eight more weekend-fun ideas from Times listings coordinator Matt Cooper. — Laura Blasey, Los Angeles Times, 28 Jan. 2022 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 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

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Milner, Georgia, City Manager Tausha Grose told the city council Monday night that the town's entire full-time police force and most of its part-time volunteer officers have resigned.

— Adam Sabes, FOXNews.com, 22 Oct. 2026
Taking back control of her people’s narrative is a part-time job of sorts for Brewster-walker.

— Jason Motlagh, Rolling Stone, 22 Oct. 2026

Definition of part-time

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But Matthew Saul, founder and CEO of wealth advisory firm Saul Wealth, told Fortune families that worry their children are unprepared for large fortunes often have not given them enough opportunities to learn.

— Joshua Hong, Fortune, 25 Oct. 2026
Yandex has run drills for an accident that could incapacitate one of its six data centers, but it was caught unprepared when its three key facilities were hit over four days.

— ABC News, ABC News, 22 Oct. 2026

Definition of unprepared

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Wickersham’s passion for sports captures the casual or uninitiated reader along with the hardcore fans and historians.

— Christopher Arnott, Hartford Courant, 18 Oct. 2026
Even though Atlantans may be uninitiated to the rules of eating a New York bagel, many welcome the sudden addition of the northern cuisine.

— Sheeka Sanahori, Bon Appetit Magazine, 5 Oct. 2026

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