semester

Example Sentences

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But he couldn’t get an Ireland visa in time, forcing him to miss another semester.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 25, 2026

Inara George looks back on it now as wistfully as someone remembering a love affair or a semester abroad.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 20, 2026

By the end of her first semester, Ms. Blume finished what would, in 1969, become her first published book: “The One in the Middle Is the Green Kangaroo.”

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 13, 2026

The BBC has verified footage of students marching at the Sharif University of Technology in the capital Tehran at the start of a new semester on Saturday.

From BBC • Feb. 21, 2026

If I can save up enough for a semester of lessons at the music school, then Mom and Dad would have to agree to let me take them.

From "A Soft Place to Land" by Janae Marks