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semester

[si-mes-ter] / sɪˈmɛs tər /
NOUN
term
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King returned to Cal State L.A. in the 2025 spring semester.

From Los Angeles Times • May 19, 2026

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

From Los Angeles Times • May 11, 2026

It should be that you say there’s a lot of life change that happens over the 45 months from being a fall freshman to an end of an 8th semester, second semester senior.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 7, 2026

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

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 16, 2026

I’d been admitted for the semester beginning January 5.

From "Educated" by Tara Westover




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