semester
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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
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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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