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semester

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

His mother died while he attended the University of South Carolina, and his father died of a heart attack during Graham’s first semester of law school.

From Los Angeles Times Jul. 12, 2026

That could mean that even if they sign up for a full load in the spring, they won’t be eligible for the maximum amount of loans that semester.

From MarketWatch Jul. 1, 2026

Even though it’s not due until the end of the semester, I decide that I’ll finish off a first draft, so my grandparents can see how good the video is.

From "Finding Junie Kim" by Ellen Oh

Instead of taking on summer internships or job-shadowing opportunities between semesters, he worked a retail gig to pay for college.

From MarketWatch Aug. 4, 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

He is enrolling in a UF online program for the first few semesters and paying an extra fee package to access services like the campus gym and student-section football-game tickets.

From The Wall Street Journal Jun. 11, 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

He asked why I’d chosen Jewish history, and without thinking I blurted that I’d learned of the Holocaust only a few semesters before and wanted to learn the rest of the story.

From "Educated" by Tara Westover




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