Example Sentences

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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

California grads who moved to New York for college were drawn to smaller, competitive private liberal arts colleges, usually with heftier tuitions than California’s public universities.

From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 29, 2025

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

Not an appealing argument to an audience who would rather be spending their retirement funds on cruises instead of grandkids' escalating tuitions.

From Salon • Aug. 25, 2022

Horace suggested that the two sisters live with his wife, Mary, while he paid their tuitions at a nearby ladies’ seminary.

From "American Spirits" by Barb Rosenstock