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semester

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

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

From Slate • Apr. 4, 2026

With no prospects for a U.S. visa, Bior enrolled in a Duke study-abroad program in Germany for the fall 2025 semester.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 25, 2026

As fall semester began, panic and then despair set in.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 25, 2026

All semester, you work on building it, and then your parents come to see.

From "Merci Suárez Changes Gears" by Meg Medina