semester
Example Sentences
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Stein attended UC Berkeley, majoring in political science, but he left about a semester shy of graduating.
From Los Angeles Times
Near the end of his first semester, Toner-Rodgers told some friends he had stumbled on an interesting lead.
He was put on academic probation after a semester, and his parents noticed he was never calling home and asking for money.
From Washington Post
Scores are based on scholarship athletes earning one point each semester they are academically eligible and another point each semester they remain in school or earn their diploma.
From Washington Times
On average, those students lost the equivalent of almost a full semester.
From Seattle Times
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