syllabus

Example Sentences

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I assumed teams would stay intact because the syllabus said “team.”

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 25, 2026

"The time is now right for a review of the syllabus," he said.

From BBC • Feb. 3, 2026

The sharp contrast between ancients and moderns, the tight syllabus of great books and the insistence that these books often bear cryptic meanings—all are Straussian signatures.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 30, 2026

The head of the National Institute of Education, which is responsible for the syllabus, Manjula Vithanapathirana, has stepped down pending the investigations.

From Barron's • Jan. 2, 2026

She goes back to the Xerox room to copy her syllabus and a short passage from Flaubert to translate in class.

From "The Namesake" by Jhumpa Lahiri