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semester

[si-mes-ter] / sɪˈmɛs tər /
NOUN
term
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For the first semester of its program, which concluded in December, FIT received more than 190 applications for 15 spots.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 21, 2026

My dad said, `No, Mr. Wahl, I’ve got to pay $855.53 for that boy’s semester.’

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 12, 2026

They gave daddy $855.53 per semester for four or five years.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 12, 2026

Last semester, the college suspended its campus newspaper, the Defender, which published for 80 years, in part because not enough students had taken the course required to work on the paper.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 9, 2026

I moved up to the front of the line to join my classmates who had also made the California Scholarship Federation every semester for four years.

From "Breaking Through" by Francisco Jiménez




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