semester
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She found Finch after a tough semester of graduate school where she felt like she was “falling apart as a person.”
From Slate ● Sep. 6, 2026
Each Friday during the spring semester, students practice the basic techniques of archaeological fieldwork while investigating Mission San Francisco de Potano, a centuries-old site in northwest Gainesville.
From Science Daily ● Aug. 22, 2026
Last semester one team, led by a cancer survivor, proposed an AI-native care coordinator for cancer patients.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 12, 2026
But he found himself rationing the meal swipes, starting the semester conservatively and ending with extras, which he used by inviting his friends to come with him.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 9, 2026
And the entire club saw the other other bad news coming from a mile away: when the semester was up, Celia would be back, and she’d be doing community service.
From "Made You Up" by Francesca Zappia
For two semesters, I dressed up to teach from my living room laptop, receiving excellent evaluations.
From Salon ● Aug. 24, 2026
Lee then focused on graduating early, packing his remaining coursework into two dense semesters — taking seven classes during one of them.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 4, 2026
In the evolving landscape of college basketball, talented freshmen fated to spend two semesters on campus before rushing off to the NBA draft used to be all the rage.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 27, 2026
Claudio Neves Valente, 48 years old, a former Brown student and Portuguese national, planned the attack for at least six semesters, according to video transcripts released by the Justice Department.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jan. 7, 2026
“No, he’s been gone since, like, two semesters ago. He, um...’
From "Shadowshaper" by Daniel José Older
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