cutting class
Example Sentences
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A deal was struck to honour the pledge by cutting class contact time less than a week before industrial action was due to begin.
From BBC • Mar. 25, 2026
Shifting school starts is so powerful that Teny Shapiro, an economics professor at Santa Clara University, has found beginning school an hour later is the functional equivalent of cutting class size by a third.
From Washington Post • Aug. 17, 2022
After cutting class and failing to arrive at a Saturday detention, he never returned.
From Seattle Times • Jun. 25, 2016
There may be some sweet gratification in noncompliance – such as cutting class or calling in sick, or simply feeling better on your own terms.
From US News • Jul. 30, 2014
“Even still, cutting class is a serious offense, Mustafa, boring or not. You shouldn’t have been with those kids in the first place.”
From "Amina's Voice" by Hena Khan
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