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semester

[si-mes-ter] / sɪˈmɛs tər /
NOUN
term
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In 1970, during her last semester of undergrad, Leath married Ed Dossett, whom she met at East Tennessee State before he moved on to law school.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 1, 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

My dad said, `No, Mr. Wahl, I’ve got to pay $855.53 for that boy’s semester.’

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 12, 2026

Last semester, the college suspended its campus newspaper, the Defender, which published for 80 years, in part because not enough students had taken the course required to work on the paper.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 9, 2026

I scrolled down and found a list of classes that Professor Thomas would teach when the fall semester started in a few weeks.

From "From the Desk of Zoe Washington" by Janae Marks




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