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syllabus

[sil-uh-buhs] / ˈsɪl ə bəs /


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Professors who are Luddites or have used the same syllabus for years sometimes struggle to get out of that state of inertia, Cook said.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 18, 2026

He has a son in Year 10 and twin daughters in Year 9, and said the amount of work given, "without the syllabus to back it up", had been difficult.

From BBC • Apr. 30, 2026

I assumed teams would stay intact because the syllabus said “team.”

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 25, 2026

The head of the National Institute of Education, which is responsible for the syllabus, Manjula Vithanapathirana, has stepped down pending the investigations.

From Barron's • Jan. 2, 2026

“So when the syllabus assigned pages fifty through eighty-five, you didn’t think you had to read anything?”

From "Educated" by Tara Westover




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