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Discover LudwigThe phrase "a daunting week" is correct and usable in written English.
You can use it to describe a week that is particularly challenging or overwhelming, often due to a heavy workload or stressful events.
Example: "With multiple deadlines approaching and several important meetings scheduled, I knew it was going to be a daunting week ahead."
Alternatives: "a challenging week" or "an overwhelming week".
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With all its spiritual, political and cultural significance, the six-day visit of Pope Benedict XVI to Washington and New York next week is also a daunting logistical operation involving everything from candles and catering to cellphones and ciboria, the metal receptacles that hold communion wafers.
In 2006 Watson was involved in a "daunting chase" when his boat for weeks pursued a Japanese whaling fleet over 4,000 miles along the Antarctic coastline.
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Teach First graduate Charlotte Fox told BBC Breakfast that starting teaching after just six weeks training was a daunting task.
Maybe you haven't made an action plan for the week yet, or you have a daunting number of emails.
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