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semester

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

This time along with Rossen Ventzislavov, an educator who brought me out to Woodbury University last spring as a fellow to teach a one-of-a-kind semester on Black modernism in architecture, design and popular culture.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 13, 2026

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

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 12, 2026

Midway through the semester, Detective Stafford was scheduled to visit Eddings’ class to chat with students and answer questions.

From Slate • Apr. 6, 2026

My classmates had all heard the news by the time the semester began, but their words of consolation didn’t help very much.

From "The Chosen" by Chaim Potok




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