full scholarship
noun
: an amount of money that is given by a school, an organization, etc., to a student and that pays all of a student's tuition
attending college on a full scholarship
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The talented singer was on a path to an opera career and received a full scholarship to the San Francisco Conservatory of Music before acting took over.
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Bryan Alexander, USA Today, 7 Jan. 2026
The first-place winners of the video contest receive a full scholarship to the Cannes Student Program, while the second-place winners get 50% off.
—Indiewire Staff, IndieWire, 10 Dec. 2025
Root canals were a revelation for Matthews, who has a full scholarship.
—Roxana Popescu, San Diego Union-Tribune, 30 Nov. 2025
Andrew Maraniss — best known for his book on 1960s Vanderbilt hoops star Perry Wallace, the first Black SEC basketball player to get a full scholarship — truly did shine at an annual fundraiser breakfast for a literacy nonprofit.
—Nashville Tennessean, 2 Oct. 2025
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Bryan Alexander, USA Today, 7 Jan. 2026
The first-place winners of the video contest receive a full scholarship to the Cannes Student Program, while the second-place winners get 50% off.
—Indiewire Staff, IndieWire, 10 Dec. 2025
Root canals were a revelation for Matthews, who has a full scholarship.
—Roxana Popescu, San Diego Union-Tribune, 30 Nov. 2025
Andrew Maraniss — best known for his book on 1960s Vanderbilt hoops star Perry Wallace, the first Black SEC basketball player to get a full scholarship — truly did shine at an annual fundraiser breakfast for a literacy nonprofit.
—Nashville Tennessean, 2 Oct. 2025
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“Full scholarship.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/full%20scholarship. Accessed 10 Jan. 2026.
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