semester
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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
Later, during my brief stint in seminary — I dropped out to head to a liberal arts college after a semester — women sometimes joked about pursuing their “MRS. degrees.”
From Salon ● Oct. 25, 2026
Last spring, the university emailed me its estimated 2025-2026 cost of attendance for a full-time student living off campus: $16,000, or $8,000 per semester.
From MarketWatch ● Oct. 24, 2026
When the semester ended, I told him I was going home for the summer.
From "Educated" by Tara Westover
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
They have copy edited at The Daily Californian since their freshman spring, most recently serving two semesters as head editor of the copy desk.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 26, 2026
Our parents pay on a semester basis, which means that in seven semesters, yours have invested...Who has a calculator?
From "Dear Martin" by Nic Stone
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