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semester

[si-mes-ter] / sɪˈmɛs tər /
NOUN
term
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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

Their stories reveal the trade-offs of early graduation: Every semester saved in tuition is also potentially one less semester to gain the internships and connections that help launch careers.

From MarketWatch Aug. 4, 2026

The next day, she was placed on administrative leave and told her contract would end after the semester.

From Salon Aug. 2, 2026

Then came Oct. 7th during her first semester in upstate New York.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 29, 2026

All semester, you work on building it, and then your parents come to see.

From "Merci Suárez Changes Gears" by Meg Medina

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

But what looks to some like abandonment feels to others like a new beginning – and that makes me excited to see how high the women in “Rooster” might fly in coming semesters.

From Salon May 11, 2026

MIT, for example, allows undergraduates to take up to four semesters off.

From The Wall Street Journal Apr. 4, 2026

I’ve already finished 6 semesters of high school Spanish online.

From "The Miscalculations of Lightning Girl" by Stacy McAnulty




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