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semester

[si-mes-ter] / sɪˈmɛs tər /
NOUN
term
Synonyms


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My dad said, `No, Mr. Wahl, I’ve got to pay $855.53 for that boy’s semester.’

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 12, 2026

They gave daddy $855.53 per semester for four or five years.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 12, 2026

Last semester, the college suspended its campus newspaper, the Defender, which published for 80 years, in part because not enough students had taken the course required to work on the paper.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 9, 2026

Concannon is interning this semester at the Tarrant County Medical Examiner’s Office and is set to graduate this spring.

From Slate • Apr. 6, 2026

I was choosing my courses for the next semester.

From "Educated" by Tara Westover




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