semester
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So I got a small grant, bought a swab kit and spent a semester knocking on doors to ask classmates if I could sample the bacteria on their faces.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 17, 2026
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
I'm not sure how long it will take to finish; I’m in the second semester of eighth grade, so I only have weekends.
From "The House That Lou Built" by Mae Respicio
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