academic year

NOUN

school year

Synonyms

WEAK

academic grade academic term academic track college year collegiate year scholastic year school term session term university year

Example Sentences

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The board, he said, “is in the process of proposing a roadmap of policy work and partnership building with other state and K-12 education leaders in the next academic year and beyond.”

From Los Angeles Times • May 27, 2026

Five councils were unable to provide the equivalent figures because they do not store the figures in academic year format.

From BBC • May 18, 2026

And it appears poised to get wider still, with the Education Department projecting that women earning bachelor’s degrees in the current academic year will outnumber men by nearly 40%.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 11, 2026

This academic year, more than 36% of transfers are in football, 21% basketball and 10% baseball.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 10, 2026

Usually, at the beginning of the academic year, the team would be nearing their first game and the school would be focused on them.

From "October Sky" by Homer Hickam