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semester

[si-mes-ter] / sɪˈmɛs tər /
NOUN
term
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Unlike most of the alleged assailants, Doe left college after what Giuffra has described as a “horrifying” semester in which she had to attend classes “where she saw these guys on a fairly regular basis.”

From Salon ● Oct. 2, 2026

This semester, she instructed a group of students picking green beans to be gentle and to do plank exercises to avoid back pain.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 14, 2026

She found Finch after a tough semester of graduate school where she felt like she was “falling apart as a person.”

From Slate ● Sep. 6, 2026

Noticing a need for affordable meals, Palacios and fellow USC student Josiah Herfurth spent this past semester hosting $10-per-person lunches at their college apartments, dubbing the offering Cafe 10:31.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 9, 2026

But we were the only ones in the library so early in the semester.

From "Keep It Together, Keiko Carter" by Debbi Michiko Florence

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

Given that fall and spring semesters run for a combined 30 weeks, this works out to roughly $107 an hour.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 27, 2026

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

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

“No, he’s been gone since, like, two semesters ago. He, um...’

From "Shadowshaper" by Daniel José Older




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