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semester

[si-mes-ter] / sɪˈmɛs tər /
NOUN
term
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She found Finch after a tough semester of graduate school where she felt like she was “falling apart as a person.”

From Slate Sep. 6, 2026

Each Friday during the spring semester, students practice the basic techniques of archaeological fieldwork while investigating Mission San Francisco de Potano, a centuries-old site in northwest Gainesville.

From Science Daily Aug. 22, 2026

After that semester, Min opted to pack turkey or tuna salad sandwiches for school, using bulk ingredients that his family buys from Costco.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 9, 2026

Kratima Divakar, a 26-year-old lawyer from India, started attending during her first semester as a grad student.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 4, 2026

“I’m back visiting family. My semester ended last week, so I’m already on my summer vacation.”

From "Starfish" by Akemi Dawn Bowman

For two semesters, I dressed up to teach from my living room laptop, receiving excellent evaluations.

From Salon Aug. 24, 2026

Lee then focused on graduating early, packing his remaining coursework into two dense semesters — taking seven classes during one of them.

From MarketWatch Aug. 4, 2026

At that point he was studying remotely having left Harvard after three semesters to join the Philadelphia Union.

From The Wall Street Journal Jun. 25, 2026

In the evolving landscape of college basketball, talented freshmen fated to spend two semesters on campus before rushing off to the NBA draft used to be all the rage.

From The Wall Street Journal Mar. 27, 2026

In front of me were documents from my soon-to-be college, thanking us for our payment in full for the first two semesters.

From "We Are Okay" by Nina LaCour




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