How to Use a week in a Sentence

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  • Then, over the course of two weeks, the testers were asked to use the cleaner at least once a week.
    Jamie Weissman, Better Homes & Gardens, 18 Apr. 2023
  • However, the results can take up to five days to a week to be published online.
    Ahjané Forbes, USA TODAY, 12 Sep. 2024
  • Mums planted in the ground won’t dry out as quickly and may only need watering once a week.
    Andy Wilcox, Better Homes & Gardens, 13 Sep. 2024
  • The overtime plan would increase the value of hourly workers’ time-and-a-half earnings after 40 hours a week.
    Eliyahu Kamisher, Fortune, 13 Sep. 2024
  • Doing this consistently for about a week should lead to some improvement in swelling, Dr. Turegano says.
    Jenna Ryu, SELF, 13 Sep. 2024
  • It was shared more than 1,000 times in just over a week.
    Brieanna J. Frank, USA TODAY, 20 Apr. 2023
  • The sale raked in at least $45 million in less than a week.
    Marco Quiroz-Gutierrez, Fortune Crypto, 27 July 2023
  • According to the brand, the masks can be used up to three times a week.
    Clara McMahon, Peoplemag, 22 Feb. 2024
  • After a week, the Knorr arrived at the area where the Le Suroit had last looked.
    Christine Rousselle, Fox News, 1 Sep. 2023
  • Took a forearm and broke his nose a week ago against York.
    Rick Armstrong, Chicago Tribune, 30 Jan. 2024
  • In 2020, the fall meeting was pushed back a week because of the Bobcat fire.
    John Cherwa, Los Angeles Times, 8 June 2023
  • This was the same Michigan team that less than a week ago beat then-No. 17 Ohio State.
    Chloe Peterson, The Indianapolis Star, 5 Jan. 2024
  • Last year, peak bloom was on March 23 — more than a week early.
    Jason Samenow, Washington Post, 15 Mar. 2024
  • The trio will have to sign in three times a week at the Marsh Harbour Police Station.
    Audrey Conklin, Fox News, 9 Aug. 2023
  • At $35 a week, the app eats up more than three hours of her pay weekly, or a-day-and-a-half’s work per month.
    Cora Lewis, Quartz, 23 Apr. 2024
  • After a tissue graft, lips will be swollen and stiff for about a week.
    Jolene Edgar, Harper's BAZAAR, 8 June 2023
  • They are set to spend a week on the moon before returning to earth.
    Emma Ogao, ABC News, 6 Oct. 2023
  • And unlike lots of thrift stores, this one is open seven days a week.
    Georgea Kovanis, Detroit Free Press, 17 Aug. 2024
  • In each episode, a hero spends quality time with each member of the Fab Five over the course of a week.
    Jessica Cherner, House Beautiful, 16 May 2023
  • In Texas, eight people were killed in a shooting at a mall in Allen just over a week ago.
    Alex Sundby, CBS News, 15 May 2023
  • Soto, 18, was nine months pregnant and a week past her due date.
    Kerry Breen, CBS News, 5 Jan. 2024
  • Per the lawsuit, Brown went to Panera for meals after his shifts up to three times a week.
    Sabrina Weiss, Peoplemag, 5 Dec. 2023
  • Runny or stuffy noses can clear up in about two weeks for adults and about a week for children.
    Emilie Le Beau Lucchesi, Discover Magazine, 16 Dec. 2023
  • The moment was caught on video, and went viral and garnered more than 33K views in less than a week.
    Jasmine Browley, Essence, 1 Sep. 2023
  • Wall Street chiefs have been among the loudest in pushing for a return to the office five days a week.
    Jo Constantz, Fortune, 5 June 2023
  • For those sick of all that wet weather, hang on: more rain is being forecast in about a week.
    David Zahniser, Los Angeles Times, 10 Feb. 2024
  • And last week saw a spike in migrants, with a reported 9,000 crossing in a week.
    Henry Gass, The Christian Science Monitor, 26 Sep. 2023
  • Last year's cherry blossoms stayed on trees for a little more than a week.
    Li Cohen, CBS News, 18 Mar. 2024
  • For nearly a week total, Álvarez, Wu, and the rest of the cast and crew set about ending Navarro with a bang.
    Kate Erbland, IndieWire, 16 Aug. 2024
  • For over a year, Google has asked workers to come in three days a week, luring them with free food and other perks.
    Taylor Telford and Gerrit De Vynck, Anchorage Daily News, 8 June 2023

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