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"held for two weeks" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used when referring to an object or person being contained somewhere for two weeks. For example, "The suspect was held in police custody for two weeks."
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All items are held for two weeks before being discarded.
Alzate and two companions were released on Sunday after being held for two weeks.
She was held for two weeks and released two days ago.
A much-violated ceasefire has held for two weeks as negotiations continue.
In 2007, fifteen British sailors in the Persian Gulf were captured and held for two weeks by the Revolutionary Guards for allegedly straying into Iranian waters.
A18 U.S. Frees 12 in Afghanistan American military officials in Kandahar released 12 Afghans who were held for two weeks on suspicion of being Iranian agents.
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"I was held for six weeks, came back for a week, out for another month.
He was held for three weeks, then executed in a public square in Raqqa.
They have been held for three weeks now at an undisclosed location.
(He was held for six weeks, then released for lack of evidence).
In 2005, 10th-grader Adama Bah was arrested, interrogated, fingerprinted and held for six weeks in Pennsylvania.
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