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

Schools are already spending big chunks of their approximately $190 billion in pandemic relief money on a range of strategies from after-school programs to cutting class size.

From Seattle Times • Aug. 29, 2021

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