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semester

[si-mes-ter] / sɪˈmɛs tər /
NOUN
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Stein attended UC Berkeley, majoring in political science, but he left about a semester shy of graduating.

From Los Angeles Times

Near the end of his first semester, Toner-Rodgers told some friends he had stumbled on an interesting lead.

From The Wall Street Journal

Summers, a former Harvard president, isn’t scheduled to teach any courses next semester, a spokesperson for the economist said Wednesday night.

From The Wall Street Journal

This semester, a student senator told the campus paper she was glad Yale has so far surfed under the radar; she didn’t want to end up “like our peer institutions.”

From The Wall Street Journal

He also needs money to pay back the tuition he owes for the spring semester at Sacramento State University, which would allow him to re-enroll.

From Los Angeles Times