semester
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Unlike most of the alleged assailants, Doe left college after what Giuffra has described as a “horrifying” semester in which she had to attend classes “where she saw these guys on a fairly regular basis.”
From Salon ● Oct. 2, 2026
She found Finch after a tough semester of graduate school where she felt like she was “falling apart as a person.”
From Slate ● Sep. 6, 2026
Last semester one team, led by a cancer survivor, proposed an AI-native care coordinator for cancer patients.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 12, 2026
Noticing a need for affordable meals, Palacios and fellow USC student Josiah Herfurth spent this past semester hosting $10-per-person lunches at their college apartments, dubbing the offering Cafe 10:31.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 9, 2026
If I can save up enough for a semester of lessons at the music school, then Mom and Dad would have to agree to let me take them.
From "A Soft Place to Land" by Janae Marks
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It was hard for her to stomach the fact that had things not collapsed in Afghanistan, she would have been four semesters from completing medical school and beginning her practical rotations at a hospital.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 6, 2026
For two semesters, I dressed up to teach from my living room laptop, receiving excellent evaluations.
From Salon ● Aug. 24, 2026
Lee then focused on graduating early, packing his remaining coursework into two dense semesters — taking seven classes during one of them.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 4, 2026
They have copy edited at The Daily Californian since their freshman spring, most recently serving two semesters as head editor of the copy desk.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 26, 2026
Our parents pay on a semester basis, which means that in seven semesters, yours have invested...Who has a calculator?
From "Dear Martin" by Nic Stone
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