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semester

[si-mes-ter] / sɪˈmɛs tər /
NOUN
term
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Inara George looks back on it now as wistfully as someone remembering a love affair or a semester abroad.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 20, 2026

By the end of her first semester, Ms. Blume finished what would, in 1969, become her first published book: “The One in the Middle Is the Green Kangaroo.”

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 13, 2026

I remember it clearly because I used this as an example in the principles of management class I taught that semester at Penn State University Berks.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 11, 2026

The BBC has verified footage of students marching at the Sharif University of Technology in the capital Tehran at the start of a new semester on Saturday.

From BBC • Feb. 21, 2026

I returned to BYU a few days before the fall semester.

From "Educated" by Tara Westover