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semester

[si-mes-ter] / sɪˈmɛs tər /
NOUN
term
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Midway through the semester, Detective Stafford was scheduled to visit Eddings’ class to chat with students and answer questions.

From Slate • Apr. 6, 2026

Each semester, I would take my students to study frustrated users’ attempts to figure out the D.C.

From Slate • Apr. 4, 2026

Gus’s interest in Mary—whose mother, Anna, is a television host in London—turns romantic after she becomes Mary’s model for a semester.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 27, 2026

Inara George looks back on it now as wistfully as someone remembering a love affair or a semester abroad.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 20, 2026

During the spring semester of 1963, Kathy got involved.

From "Reaching for the Moon" by Katherine Johnson