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tuition

[too-ish-uhn, tyoo-] / tuˈɪʃ ən, tju- /


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Scholarships with payments up to the cost of tuition, room and board, and academic expenses would be deductions.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 30, 2026

In recent years, grad students have unionized and collectively bargained for more pay and generous benefits, in addition to free tuition.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 27, 2026

A tuition cut used to be risky because a school giving out $10,000 scholarships seemed more prestigious than one whose sticker price was $10,000 cheaper.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 25, 2026

For example: If your priority is paying for a grandchild’s tuition or donating to a beloved charity, you’re more likely to fall for a scheme that promises to fulfill that goal.

From MarketWatch ● Sep. 25, 2026

Leon didn’t even notice when the tuition bills from the military school stopped coming.

From "Hoot" by Carl Hiaasen

After younger boomers finished college, access to government student loans expanded, tuitions rose and loan balances soared.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 17, 2026

There is no mention of the money involved, the parochial and private schools discussed having yearly tuitions of $15,685, $18,850, $33,280, and $40,770.

From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 24, 2023

The program allows businesses to receive tax credits on donations that go toward the private and religious school tuitions of mostly low-income students.

From Washington Times ● Aug. 12, 2023

Visitors from abroad are similarly astonished to discover that American families regularly pay astronomical college tuitions out of their own pockets.

From Salon ● Oct. 6, 2022

Think of the tuitions for Montessori and music lessons.

From "Between the World and Me" by Ta-Nehisi Coates




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