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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

Last semester, the college suspended its campus newspaper, the Defender, which published for 80 years, in part because not enough students had taken the course required to work on the paper.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 9, 2026

Midway through the semester, Detective Stafford was scheduled to visit Eddings’ class to chat with students and answer questions.

From Slate • Apr. 6, 2026

By the end of the semester the world felt big, and it was hard to imagine returning to the mountain, to a kitchen, or even to a piano in the room next to the kitchen.

From "Educated" by Tara Westover




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