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reading week

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noun

  1. a week, usu midway through a university term, during which there are no classes or lectures, intended for students to concentrate on reading or research

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

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Uliana was last in Ukraine on 1 February - and was supposed to go back for reading week, in the same week as the Russian invasion.

From BBC • Mar. 2, 2022

It was reading week for me if I remember correctly, but anyways I was there for that week with her.

From Slate • Feb. 15, 2021

It was reading week at university, so I went to London to stay with my boyfriend.

From The Guardian • Mar. 2, 2018

How would you like to read a newspaper that flashed out in bold headlines "Nice Weather We Are Having," or daily gave columns to the same old material you had been reading week after week?

From The Art of Public Speaking by Carnagey, Dale

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