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[wurk-day] / ˈwɜrkˌdeɪ /


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Throwing on “Real Housewives” or “Love Island” is a guilty pleasure for many of us after a tiring workday.

From MarketWatch ● Nov. 3, 2026

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

I was going to ask if you take fikas during your workday here, too.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 17, 2026

It wasn’t hard to identify my handiwork of the prior workday: my staples were crooked, catching the wire in a haphazard but adequate way to hold it to the posts.

From "Hattie Big Sky" by Kirby Larson

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

Wigler noted that the promise of hitting goals fast with AI tempts tech start-up teams already prone to long workdays to lose track of time and stay on the job even deeper into the night.

From Barron's ● Mar. 30, 2026

So most workdays I’d end up at Mrs. Valencia’s place for a couple of hours until Mom or Dad could get home.

From "Out of My Mind" by Sharon M. Draper


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