a week

phrase

: each week

I volunteer at the school once a week.

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Breaking accounts for roughly 90% of Hot Hands Sports’ business, which is why the company goes live five days a week for about eight hours at a time, with some evening sessions. — Justin Birnbaum, Sportico.com, 16 Oct. 2026 Complaint patterns that took a quarter to surface can show up in a week. — Maman Ibrahim, Forbes.com, 16 Oct. 2026 Katie Zacharia is out as White House press secretary after less than a week in the job. — Ted Johnson, Deadline, 16 Oct. 2026 Dahmen recommends waiting about a week after the frost before beginning to plant spring bulbs and getting a head start on next year's garden. — Wcco Staff, CBS News, 16 Oct. 2026 See All Example Sentences for a week

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