working week
Britishnoun
Example Sentences
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The affordable, three-course lunch menu is a staple of the working week.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 22, 2026
Colombo has raised fuel prices three times this month, increasing them by more than a third, and has imposed a four-day working week in a bid to save energy.
From Barron's • Mar. 31, 2026
Apart from chopping four hours off the working week, he extended free healthcare and introduced civil unions, laying the ground for a gay marriage bill that was adopted over a decade later, despite mass protests.
From Barron's • Mar. 26, 2026
Towards the end of the working week, conditions are expected to remain changeable, with periods of rain continuing to move through.
From BBC • Mar. 24, 2026
Winston’s working week was sixty hours, Julia’s was even longer, and their free days varied according to the pressure of work and did not often coincide.
From "1984" by George Orwell
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