a week

phrase

: each week
I volunteer at the school once a week.

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Less than a week after our Zoom conversation with Knapp, an unrelated Good Good collab went viral for all of the wrong reasons. — Tony Maglio, HollywoodReporter, 25 Aug. 2026 Within a week, Cano was in Wilson’s office, describing her ordeal. — Jason Liebowitz, New Yorker, 25 Aug. 2026 During the school year, Daeun Kim, 17, catches the express bus at least five days a week from Staten Island to the Upper West Side. — Adi Guajardo, CBS News, 25 Aug. 2026 However, another email reproduced in the filing states that after about a week, Sotheby’s removed the photograph from its website at the request of the artist’s representative. — Devorah Lauter, ARTnews.com, 25 Aug. 2026 See All Example Sentences for a week

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“A week.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/a%20week. Accessed 1 Sep. 2026.

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