semester
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At the University of Southern California, Wellness Society members pay $30 a semester for access to workout classes and mindfulness-based activities like bouquet making.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 9, 2026
Ottawa and Brussels are also understood to be working to have Canada participate in the EU's Erasmus youth program, which allows university students to spend a semester abroad, among other things.
From Barron's ● Oct. 29, 2026
The second tripled monthly sales but left when her university semester resumed.
From BBC ● Oct. 25, 2026
Last spring, the university emailed me its estimated 2025-2026 cost of attendance for a full-time student living off campus: $16,000, or $8,000 per semester.
From MarketWatch ● Oct. 24, 2026
I'm not sure how long it will take to finish; I’m in the second semester of eighth grade, so I only have weekends.
From "The House That Lou Built" by Mae Respicio
Upon appeal, Shanklin’s two-semester suspension from school and campus activities was lessened to four semesters of probation during which he could remain on campus.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 2, 2026
For two semesters, I dressed up to teach from my living room laptop, receiving excellent evaluations.
From Salon ● Aug. 24, 2026
Instead of taking on summer internships or job-shadowing opportunities between semesters, he worked a retail gig to pay for college.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 4, 2026
He is enrolling in a UF online program for the first few semesters and paying an extra fee package to access services like the campus gym and student-section football-game tickets.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 11, 2026
He talked about majors, semesters, units, and many other things I did not understand.
From "Breaking Through" by Francisco Jiménez
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