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semester

[si-mes-ter] / sɪˈmɛs tər /
NOUN
term
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King returned to Cal State L.A. in the 2025 spring semester.

From Los Angeles Times • May 19, 2026

For the spring semester, this cohort was divided into three mentorship groups, each one paired with an executive from either Nike, Wilson Sporting Goods or Vuori, all of whom are Otis alumni.

From Los Angeles Times • May 11, 2026

Students do a semester or year abroad through Verto and then are guaranteed admission to a partner school, typically contingent on meeting a GPA-threshold.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 1, 2026

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

At the end of the semester, after the elections, we were to turn in a scrapbook with all the articles about the campaign published in the Santa Maria Times, the local newspaper.

From "Breaking Through" by Francisco Jiménez




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