weekslong

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English weeks
Proto-Indo-European *dlongʰos
Proto-Germanic *langaz
Proto-West Germanic *lang
Old English lang
Middle English long
English long
English -long
English weekslong

    From weeks + -long.

    Adjective

    weekslong (not comparable)

    1. Lasting for weeks.
      • 2015 September 15, Roberto Suro, “Where to Go for Real Immigration Reform”, in The New York Times‎[1], New York, N.Y.: The New York Times Company, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 11 February 2021:
        Across the West, crops rotted for the second summer in a row this year because of a weekslong shutdown of visa processing for seasonal farm workers caused by State Department computer problems.
      • 2022 September 11, Chris Buckley, “Just Bread and Noodles: China’s Covid Lockdown Distress Hits Xinjiang”, in The New York Times (ASIA PACIFIC section)‎[2], New York, N.Y.: The New York Times Company, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 11 September 2022:
        This summer, Yining, a city in the Xinjiang region of far-western China, celebrated a boom of Chinese tourists seeking a sunny respite from Covid worries in their hometowns. Now Yining is under its own grueling, weekslong pandemic lockdown, with residents calling for help over limited food, difficulty getting medicines and drastic shortages of sanitary pads for women.

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