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semester

[si-mes-ter] / sɪˈmɛs tər /
NOUN
term
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The number of students declaring a SCiLL minor increased 90% in the second semester this year.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 12, 2026

A lucky few leave the semester with job offers waiting for them after college.

From Los Angeles Times • May 11, 2026

Hampshire College will permanently close after the coming fall semester, after financial struggles.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 16, 2026

This time along with Rossen Ventzislavov, an educator who brought me out to Woodbury University last spring as a fellow to teach a one-of-a-kind semester on Black modernism in architecture, design and popular culture.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 13, 2026

I received straight A’s in my college courses at the end of that semester.

From "The Chosen" by Chaim Potok




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