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semester

[si-mes-ter] / sɪˈmɛs tər /
NOUN
term
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My dad said, `No, Mr. Wahl, I’ve got to pay $855.53 for that boy’s semester.’

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 12, 2026

They gave daddy $855.53 per semester for four or five years.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 12, 2026

The fall semester was more than halfway through when Stafford visited the UT–Arlington forensic lab on Nov. 6.

From Slate • Apr. 6, 2026

The number of new and returning African students arriving in the U.S. for the 2025 fall semester fell by nearly a third from the previous year, according to preliminary Commerce Department data.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 25, 2026

The final examinations were not too much of a problem to me that semester, and I made all A’s.

From "The Chosen" by Chaim Potok




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