: active in a specified role only on weekends or part-time
a weekend father
weekend athletes
Example Sentences
Noun What are you doing this weekend? The office is closed on weekends. I'm going away for the weekend. She won a weekend in Cancun. Verb Her family weekends on the coast during the summer.
Recent Examples on the Web
Noun
The angry voicemail was left over Labor Day weekend, O’Neil said. Mark Pazniokas, Hartford Courant, 14 Sep. 2022 The oval has been used mostly for driving schools and ride-along programs, and an infield road course has hosted club racing events as well as motorcycle races over Labor Day weekend. Dave Kallmann, Journal Sentinel, 14 Sep. 2022 The hackers struck over Labor Day weekend, penetrating the computer network of the second-largest U.S. public school system. John Woolfolk Bay Area News Group (tns), al, 12 Sep. 2022 In the blocks surrounding three sites where samples showed E. coli contamination over Labor Day weekend, a four-day boil-water order compounded so many long-standing crises. Scott Dance, Baltimore Sun, 10 Sep. 2022 Over Labor Day weekend, Porsche owners and Porschephiles got together at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway for the Sports Car Together Fest. Jack Fitzgerald, Car and Driver, 10 Sep. 2022 Over Labor Day weekend, by contrast, ridership on the LIRR and Metro-North was at close to 100% of the trains’ pre-pandemic averages. Sarah Todd, Quartz, 9 Sep. 2022 Thousands of people poured into the Stutz Building downtown over Labor Day weekend to peruse, admire and purchase the work of 42 Black visual artists from Indiana and around the country. Claire Rafford, The Indianapolis Star, 8 Sep. 2022 Three sites tested positive for contamination over Labor Day weekend, but follow-up testing showed only one positive site remained, city officials told reporters Wednesday. Jenna Portnoy, Washington Post, 8 Sep. 2022
Verb
After shooting a 1-under 71 in the first round on Thursday and a 1-over 73 in the second round on Friday, Mullinax advanced to weekend play on the cut line. Mark Inabinett | Minabinett@al.com, al, 16 July 2022 Veteran evening anchor Jeff Hullinger has been moved to weekend evening anchor. Rodney Ho, ajc, 5 July 2022 In-person showings and meetings were prohibited, and weekend open houses were canceled. Vanessa Arredondo, San Francisco Chronicle, 23 June 2022 The top 50 and ties advanced to weekend play - a total of 52 players. Steve Dimeglio, USA TODAY, 9 Apr. 2022 From work to weekend, the soft, flowy dress is all about the details, like blouson sleeves and tassel ties at the split neck. Celia Shatzman, Forbes, 28 Jan. 2022 Here are 25 cheap girls weekend getaway ideas that still deliver plenty of priceless moments, too. Stacey Leasca, Travel + Leisure, 22 Apr. 2022 The top 50 and ties advanced to weekend play – a total of 52 players, but many notable players who won’t be playing the weekend at Augusta National, including Jordan Spieth (+6), Brooks Koepka (+6), Xander Schauffele (+7) and Bryson DeChambeau (+9).USA TODAY, 8 Apr. 2022 There’s one for those agility lessons, another for my course, and a third for that spa weekend away. Harry Guinness, Wired, 14 Feb. 2022
Adjective
Fyre Festival was supposed to be an elaborate, weekend-long music festival in 2017 with tickets costing up to $250,000. Joseph De Avila, WSJ, 19 May 2022 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 At these multi-weekend events, artisans sold jewelry, candles and clothing; musicians played lutes and flutes; and fire-eaters, jugglers, acrobats and jousters performed feats of medieval derring-do.Washington Post, 24 June 2021 Not many players in this field had experienced a multi-weekend run. Chad Lindskog, The Indianapolis Star, 23 Mar. 2021 The organization is developing weekend virtual camps. Jeremy Hallock, Dallas News, 27 Oct. 2020 Weekend brunch may be in the offing, and McGill is seeking a permit for sidewalk seating. Providence Cicero, The Seattle Times, 16 Aug. 2017 See More