fortnight
the space of fourteen nights and days; two weeks.
Origin of fortnight
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Entries can be wiped from the record after a day, a week, a fortnight, a month, or a year—your choice.
Level up your browsing with these five Safari tips | David Nield | December 19, 2021 | Popular-ScienceFor a fortnight in Glasgow, delegates from nearly 200 countries will argue back and forth over the great energy transition—over the political and practical challenges of shifting the world from fossil fuels to renewables.
COP26 heads to Glasgow even as the UK struggles with energy | Samanth Subramanian | October 31, 2021 | QuartzThis that you describe must have happened a fortnight after he died.
Read ‘The King in Yellow,’ the ‘True Detective’ Reference That’s the Key to the Show | Robert W. Chambers | February 20, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTThere were no other visitors save for a man who came for a fortnight with his wife and seven children.
Bin Laden’s Life on the Run, Witnessed by Al Qaeda Child Bride | Michael Daly | July 10, 2013 | THE DAILY BEASTFireplace ashes are a hazard for at least a day and can remain so for as long as a fortnight, Duran says.
Madonna Badger’s ‘Today’ Interview Shouldn’t Ignore Fire’s Tragic Lessons | Michael Daly | June 21, 2012 | THE DAILY BEAST
A fortnight ago, Recep Tayyip Erdogan, Turkey's prime minister, accused Israel of committing "genocide" against the Palestinians.
It appears that even the sedate fortnight has a soft spot for star-f------.
A primitive savage makes a bow and arrow in a day: it takes him a fortnight to make a bark canoe.
The Unsolved Riddle of Social Justice | Stephen LeacockSome of the half-made hay in the meadows looks as though it had been standing out to bleach for the last fortnight.
Glances at Europe | Horace GreeleyWho could have believed that only a fortnight ago these same figures were clean as new pins; smart and well-liking!
Gallipoli Diary, Volume I | Ian HamiltonI shall be glad to hear from you soon, as I intend to go to Padstow in a few days and shall not return under a fortnight.
Life of Richard Trevithick, Volume II (of 2) | Francis TrevithickDuring that fortnight of silence the whole of the Turkish Empire has been moving—closing in—on the Dardanelles.
Gallipoli Diary, Volume I | Ian Hamilton
British Dictionary definitions for fortnight
/ (ˈfɔːtˌnaɪt) /
a period of 14 consecutive days; two weeks
Origin of fortnight
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