semester
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They recruited over 800 members in their first semester running the group.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 8, 2026
Ottawa and Brussels are also understood to be working to have Canada participate in the EU's Erasmus youth program, which allows university students to spend a semester abroad, among other things.
From Barron's ● Oct. 29, 2026
The second tripled monthly sales but left when her university semester resumed.
From BBC ● Oct. 25, 2026
The academic year is nine months long, so her budget of $1,500 per month comes to $13,500 for the school year, or $6,750 per semester.
From MarketWatch ● Oct. 24, 2026
Robin had told him that I hadn’t bought my textbooks for the semester.
From "Educated" by Tara Westover
Upon appeal, Shanklin’s two-semester suspension from school and campus activities was lessened to four semesters of probation during which he could remain on campus.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 2, 2026
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
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
Mama had Janae while she was a teenager herself and only went for a couple of semesters before dropping out when she got pregnant with me.
From "Pride" by Ibi Zoboi
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