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semester

[si-mes-ter] / sɪˈmɛs tər /
NOUN
term
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My dad said, `No, Mr. Wahl, I’ve got to pay $855.53 for that boy’s semester.’

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 12, 2026

They gave daddy $855.53 per semester for four or five years.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 12, 2026

The fall semester was more than halfway through when Stafford visited the UT–Arlington forensic lab on Nov. 6.

From Slate • Apr. 6, 2026

But he couldn’t get an Ireland visa in time, forcing him to miss another semester.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 25, 2026

I’d been taken out of first grade in the middle of the week during my first semester and, within a day, was in school in Santurce.

From "When I Was Puerto Rican" by Esmeralda Santiago




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