Definition of SEMESTER

Examples of semester in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web City officials plan to expand Tech-in-Residence Corps, with the goal of offering 100 courses per semester starting next year. — Kate King, WSJ, "Google, LinkedIn and Other Tech Firms Send Employees Into New York Classrooms," 9 Feb. 2020 The protests started in July this year after the institute hiked the hostel accommodation fee to Rs56,000 per semester from Rs8,500 for the open category. — Niharika Sharma, Quartz India, "The JNU uprising has profound implications for India’s student community," 3 Dec. 2019 The cost of attendance is determined by the institution using federal guidelines and generally ranges from $2,000-$5,000 per semester. — BostonGlobe.com, "The NCAA took a major step Tuesday toward allowing college athletes to cash in on their fame, voting to permit them to ‘‘benefit from the use of their name, image and likeness.’’," 30 Oct. 2019 The cost of attendance is determined by the institution using federal guidelines and generally ranges from $2,000-$5,000 per semester. — Ralph D. Russo, SFChronicle.com, "NCAA board backs plan to allow athletes to cash in on their fame," 29 Oct. 2019 The referendum proposed that each student pay a fee of $27.20 per semester to benefit descendants of 272 enslaved people sold by the school in the 19th century. — Ayanna Runcie, CBS News, "Georgetown students push university for action on slavery reparations," 3 Oct. 2019 In the latest semester, inmates could take three classes for credit — personal finance, prisons and punishment, and philosophy of law — and six not for credit. — Nick Anderson, Washington Post, "Prisoners free their minds in Georgetown University class behind bars," 27 Dec. 2019 She was hospitalized for 40 days this spring but managed to recover enough to take two courses in the fall semester. — BostonGlobe.com, "The caption identified the woman in it as “a visitor.”," 15 Dec. 2019 Nebulon’s visionaries and seers, its éminences grises and starchy mandarins, mostly attended Nebulese community colleges on volleyball scholarships but dropped out in the first semester grousing about undue homework burdens. — Kyle Smith, National Review, "Elizabeth Warren’s Plan Nine from Outer Space," 19 Nov. 2019

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