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semester

[si-mes-ter] / sɪˈmɛs tər /
NOUN
term
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For example, students at the New Media Academy complete a presentation at the end of each semester in which industry professionals serve as judges.

From Los Angeles Times Jul. 14, 2026

During my first semester, when I was 23, my mom called.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 14, 2026

His mother died while he attended the University of South Carolina, and his father died of a heart attack during Graham’s first semester of law school.

From Los Angeles Times Jul. 12, 2026

But if they drop classes at some point during the semester, their aid eligibility will be reduced in the spring to compensate for the change.

From MarketWatch Jul. 1, 2026

At the end of the semester, after the elections, we were to turn in a scrapbook with all the articles about the campaign published in the Santa Maria Times, the local newspaper.

From "Breaking Through" by Francisco Jiménez

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

MIT, for example, allows undergraduates to take up to four semesters off.

From The Wall Street Journal Apr. 4, 2026

In the evolving landscape of college basketball, talented freshmen fated to spend two semesters on campus before rushing off to the NBA draft used to be all the rage.

From The Wall Street Journal Mar. 27, 2026

It’s a habit of creating and destroying that she formed as a student at Claremont High School, where she studied the craft for two semesters, yet fired zero pieces.

From Los Angeles Times Feb. 17, 2026

He asked why I’d chosen Jewish history, and without thinking I blurted that I’d learned of the Holocaust only a few semesters before and wanted to learn the rest of the story.

From "Educated" by Tara Westover




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