semester
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or semestrial \ sə-ˈme-strē-əl
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The shooting took place before the first semester of 2018 began. — Lucy Diavolo, Teen Vogue, "School Shootings in 2018, Remembered," 21 Feb. 2018 The new season of 7 Little Johnstons (which premieres Tuesday at 10 p.m. on TLC) is full of highs: Jonah's first semester at college, Elizabeth and Anna's prom season, and the family's first Christmas at their new house. — Amanda Garrity, Good Housekeeping, "Are Amber and Trent From '7 Little Johnstons' Getting Divorced? The Truth Behind Those Rumors," 2 Apr. 2019 This system benefits kids whose parents likely foot a large percentage of their college tuition bill each semester. — James Wellemeyer, Teen Vogue, "Applying to College Early Is a Privilege Not Every Student Can Afford," 20 Mar. 2019 All state university systems, to which many financially strapped students turn, continue to award generous college credit for APs, enabling students to save semesters of tuition fees. — Caitlin Macy, WSJ, "AP Tests Are Still a Great American Equalizer," 22 Feb. 2019 Two professors there just began their fourth semester of having students respond to the inmate questions. — Max Kutner, Newsweek, "With No Google, the Incarcerated Wait for the Mail," 25 Jan. 2015 These include the Cleveland Clinic, which collaborated with the high school this semester in a six-week project in cardiopulmonary education. — John Hanc, New York Times, "Building Skills Outside the Classroom With New Ways of Learning," 5 Apr. 2018 As of November 8, according to the outlet, there were more than 82,000 vets waiting on housing payments with the fall semester almost over, and hundreds of thousands of vets were affected by delays. — Emily Stewart, Vox, "The VA’s latest issues paying student veterans their benefits, explained," 11 Dec. 2018 More than 82,000 veterans were still waiting for housing payments for the fall semester as of November 8, with some having lost housing as the result of non-payment. — Sean Gallagher, Ars Technica, "VA’s software so SNAFU’d that vets were made homeless waiting for benefits," 12 Nov. 2018These example sentences are selected automatically from various online news sources to reflect current usage of the word 'semester.' Views expressed in the examples do not represent the opinion of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback.
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