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tuition

[too-ish-uhn, tyoo-] / tuˈɪʃ ən, tju- /


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She covered tuition and related college expenses should Dollywood employees enroll in higher education.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 26, 2026

Even for parents who are making more than $165,000, private-school tuition, times two or more children, is a heavy lift.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 26, 2026

Next week’s Don’t Short Yourself is about how shoppers can negotiate the price of almost anything: furniture, gym memberships, even college tuition.

From MarketWatch Aug. 25, 2026

It would see those set to graduate and qualify as teachers in 2027, 2028 and 2029 get some of their tuition fees paid.

From BBC Aug. 21, 2026

I can think of only one reason my parents would need a mortgage: to pay my Ivy League tuition.

From "Water for Elephants" by Sara Gruen

After younger boomers finished college, access to government student loans expanded, tuitions rose and loan balances soared.

From The Wall Street Journal Apr. 17, 2026

California grads who moved to New York for college were drawn to smaller, competitive private liberal arts colleges, usually with heftier tuitions than California’s public universities.

From Los Angeles Times Nov. 29, 2025

The program allows businesses to receive tax credits on donations that go toward the private and religious school tuitions of mostly low-income students.

From Washington Times Aug. 12, 2023

That question can be especially fraught with culinary school, where tuitions are usually high but starting wages for restaurant workers tend to be low.

From New York Times Mar. 28, 2022

Horace suggested that the two sisters live with his wife, Mary, while he paid their tuitions at a nearby ladies’ seminary.

From "American Spirits" by Barb Rosenstock




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