it has been more than a week vs it has been about a week

Both phrases are correct and commonly used in English. They convey slightly different meanings: "it has been more than a week" emphasizes that the time period is longer than a week, while "it has been about a week" suggests an approximation of a week without specifying the exact duration.

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it has been more than a week

This phrase is correct and commonly used to indicate a time period longer than a week.

This phrase is used to emphasize that the duration has exceeded a week.

Examples:

It has been more than a week since we last spoke.
It has been more than a week since I started my new job.

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it has been more than a week
To be honest, it has been more of an adjustment...
I mean no disrespect, but it has been more than two weeks since Annie was captured.
Although it is necessary to say that there is no revolutionary project in ideological terms, it has been more rebellious.
If it has been more than seven days, in limited circumstances Dropbox Support can recover the account.
I think it has been more than ten years since, for the first time, I went to HB in Munich of Bavaria...
Ever since the beginning, it has been more or less clear that researchers could not be part of the recommendation.
Fatality is an impossible component to defeat, even if very it has been more done in the safety and the risk reduction.
There is the feeling of twenty years (but I know it has been more) going by.
Recently, however, it has been more and more difficult to get them involved.
All in all, it has been more an exercise in political propaganda than a measure to achieve personal advancement.
If it has been more than 48 hours and your counts have still not been restored, contact support for assistance.
Many long months elapse between the time of the disaster and the point at which the Member State actually receives the aid: in this case it has been more than a year.
The September 11th attack gave the American people a common enemy.However, it has been more than two years, and today many Americans have resumed their normal lives.
We cannot follow a gradualist conception, which would have us first engaging in trade union struggle and then politics: where we have made this mistake, it has been more difficult to resume a general battle .
Which products it has been more often acquired in the last period of two months?
For me it has been more significant to observe what it took for my parents to return to normality.
If it has been more than 30 days since you deactivated, you will not be able to reactivate your account. Sign up for a new account.
Indeed, "wretched refuse", "refugee refuse" or "human detritis" as it has been more unkindly described.
Since then it has been more than a thousand years, but occasionally the stock history of strange surprises, and in different ways in the form, though similar in substance of different people, unfortunately repeats.
The aesthetic of the lyric arrived late in Italy, but it has been more rigorously applied in Italy than elsewhere because here it banished psychology from the world of art.

Alternatives:

It has been longer than a week.
It has been over a week.

it has been about a week

This phrase is correct and commonly used to indicate an approximate duration of a week.

This phrase is used to convey that the time period is close to a week without specifying the exact length.

Examples:

It has been about a week since we met.
It has been about a week since I finished reading the book.

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it has been about a week
For me and a few my artistic peers it has been about exploring these new ways of printing, these new ways of presenting digital ideas physically.
We are convinced that he can be of interest for all the shareholders, so like it has been about to controlled Temasek and its that they have been engaged to transfer their participation of 66.78% .
Too much of the debate has been about apportioning blame for what has happened in the past and too little of it has been about looking forward.
It has been about a year since I have even thought about Gary, trying to forgive and forget.
It has been about a month now, and I utterly despise the phone.
Thank you... Thurston, Massachusetts It has been about two years since my R-B treatment.I am doing very well, with more energy and no palpable growth of nodes.
It has been about 15 years since it was last done, and it was really showing signs of needing help.
It has been about ten years since I started writing my own music, and I can say, by now, that I strongly disagree with those who do not believe inspiration exists.
It has been about a month since we announced that Hohokum will be available on PlayStation 4, PlayStation 3 and PlayStation Vita next year.
It has been about opposites such as good and evil as you would define it, and duality having all but run its course it is time to bring it to an end.
But it has been about ne.
For the most part, it has been about an impregnable Europe concerned with keeping people out, staving them off, chasing them out and coming down harder on them.
It has always been about the explosion.
It has never been about us.
It has always been about the explosion.
It hasn't been about the study in years.
But it has always been about finding a cure.
It has never been about possessions.
But it has always been about more than that.
It hasn't been about the study in years, Bill.

Alternatives:

It has been around a week.
It has been roughly a week.

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