last week

The previous seven

Last week refers to the seven-day period immediately before the current week.

Its boundaries depend on which day you count as the week's start—Sunday or Monday—but the phrase typically means the most recent completed week: I saw her last week at the grocery store.

It functions as an adverb of time without requiring a preposition: Last week we finally got the car fixed.

recent-past

recently

In the near past

latelyIn recent times
justFair and impartial
priorExisting before another

yesterday · preceding · earlier · before · not long ago · recent

timeframe

seven days

Standard weekly duration

weekendEnd-of-week rest days
fortnightFourteen-day span
biweeklyEvery two weeks

duration · span · period

comparison

benchmark

Standard for comparison

baselineStandard for comparison
contrastNotable difference between things
differenceWay things contrast

change · improvement · decline · progress · compared to · relative to · year-over-year · trend

reflection

hindsight

Recognition after the fact

looking backRecalling what happened before
retrospectReflection on past events
reviewCritical written assessment

assessment · thinking back · pondering · considering · evaluating · lessons learned · takeaways · insights · realizations

recap

events

Things that take place

highlightsNotable moments emphasized
developmentsEvents showing progress
happeningsThings that take place

news · summary · roundup · update · review · what happened · occurrences · incidents · activities · goings-on

last week

recently

seven days

benchmark

hindsight

events

last week

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