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workday

[wurk-dey] / ˈwɜrkˌdeɪ /


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It was a Friday in 2015 and she had just finished her workday in New York City.

From BBC Aug. 19, 2026

Burbank has a population of about 100,000, which doubles during the workday.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 7, 2026

There would be no normal workday Monday in the affected towns, ahead of a possible worsening of the situation on Tuesday due to an expected rise in temperatures, she added.

From Barron's Jul. 27, 2026

Pest-control firm Rollins, whose brands include Orkin, gave its billionaire chairman emeritus, Gary W. Rollins, $26,751 worth of free meals at the company’s executive dining room—$107 per workday.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 25, 2026

Apprentices, assistants, the lowliest workers in every trade—no matter what their status, it was the master’s duty to provide a meal for them in the middle of the workday.

From "A Single Shard" by Linda Sue Park

On several workdays each week, Abel climbs into a car waiting outside his home in Des Moines, Iowa, and makes the two-hour commute to Omaha.

From The Wall Street Journal Apr. 18, 2026

Maintaining a faster pace to tackle more tasks results in longer workdays.

From Slate Apr. 9, 2026

Participants were randomly assigned to take either solriamfetol or a placebo on workdays over a four-week period.

From Science Daily Apr. 1, 2026

The EPA in 2024 had predicted that strengthening standards could mean public health savings -- including from avoided lost workdays and less hospital visits -- as high as $46 billion in 2032.

From Barron's Nov. 25, 2025

They physically couldn’t keep up the pace of twenty-hour workdays.

From "Spooked!" by Gail Jarrow




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