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[wurk-day] / ˈwɜrkˌdeɪ /


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Lobsterman Steve Train starts every workday before dawn about $1,000 in the hole, a hike in expenses driven by soaring fuel costs that are hammering Maine's flagship maritime industry ahead of US midterm elections.

From Barron's ● Oct. 24, 2026

Clippers fans also deserve more than having their parking picked up until an hour before gametime, on one rainy workday, on late notice.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 22, 2026

A few weeks ago at the end of a dispiriting workday, I dragged my husband to an outdoor show headlined by The Breeders.

From Salon ● Sep. 13, 2026

How to outsmart AI when it’s tracking your workday.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 26, 2026

Last year, the state legislature cut Dad’s workday from fourteen hours down to eight.

From "Red Kayak" by Priscilla Cummings

In Viv Chen’s interview with Tory Burch, the designer compares her workdays to being “like an athlete where it’s about discipline and grit and endurance.”

From Los Angeles Times ● May 15, 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 movement exploded in 1828 as workers resisted longer workdays, invoking the Declaration’s “pursuit of happiness.”

From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 30, 2025

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

From "Spooked!" by Gail Jarrow


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