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Fortnight
"Fortnight" in a Sentence (16 examples)
Derby Day is Wednesday fortnight.
He's to stay here for a fortnight.
We stayed in London for a fortnight.
She has known him only a fortnight.
It's a fortnight trip from here.
We will proceed with the hearing on Wednesday fortnight.
"You might come to our garden party on Wednesday fortnight." "Quite impossible," Arthur Berkeley answered.
We are losing languages at a rate of one every fortnight.
Tom has a life coach he meets with every fortnight to chat about his aspirations, goals and disappointments.
I was on holiday for a fortnight.
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Holonyms: month < year < gigasecond < century < kiloannum, kiloyear, millennium < terasecond < mega-annum, megayear < petasecond < giga-annum, gigayear < exasecond < zettasecond < yottasecond < ronnasecond < quettasecond
Meronyms: quectosecond < rontosecond < yoctosecond < zeptosecond < attosecond < femtosecond < picosecond < nanosecond < microsecond < millisecond < centisecond < decisecond < second < decasecond < minute < hectosecond < kilosecond < hour < day < week < megasecond
Near-synonym: halfmonth
On being kicked the girl fell desperately in love with Henri, and for a fortnight they lived together and spent a thousand francs of Henri's money.
The “lame duck” Johnson Administration, in its final fortnight in office, grappled last week with a diplomatic hot potato in the form of the latest Soviet proposal for a “just and lasting” Middle East peace settlement.
The NHS is bracing itself for its worst ever winter crisis descending in the next fortnight because of a worsening “flu-nami” that has left hospitals, GP surgeries and ambulances services under intense strain.
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