weekslong

English

Etymology

From weeks +‎ -long.

Adjective

weekslong (not comparable)

1. Lasting for weeks.
   • 2015 September 15, Roberto Suro, “Where to Go for Real Immigration Reform”, in New York Times‎:

     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, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 11 September 2022, ASIA PACIFIC‎:

     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.

Synonyms

• multiweek

Coordinate terms

• See multiweek § Coordinate terms