term paper
noun
: a major written assignment in a school or college course representative of a student's achievement during a term
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I have a term paper due next week.
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Like the term paper, the not-to-scale model the FBI produced is no longer of use for the state’s planned purpose at trial.
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Kevin Fixler, Idaho Statesman, 29 July 2025
DeSantis has lamented that students are using AI to write term papers and that Grok, X’s AI feature, didn’t know how many national championships the University of Florida had won in basketball and football.
—Skyler Swisher, The Orlando Sentinel, 28 July 2025
Starting a business is never easy, but doing it as a college student between study groups, part-time jobs, writing term papers, and cheering on your school’s team, adds a whole new layer of complexity.
—Margot MacHol Bisnow, Forbes.com, 17 July 2025
Smith came up with the idea for FedEx while a student at Yale University, writing a term paper proposing a revolutionary way to deliver time-sensitive shipments.
—Chris Isidore, CNN Money, 22 June 2025
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Kevin Fixler, Idaho Statesman, 29 July 2025
DeSantis has lamented that students are using AI to write term papers and that Grok, X’s AI feature, didn’t know how many national championships the University of Florida had won in basketball and football.
—Skyler Swisher, The Orlando Sentinel, 28 July 2025
Starting a business is never easy, but doing it as a college student between study groups, part-time jobs, writing term papers, and cheering on your school’s team, adds a whole new layer of complexity.
—Margot MacHol Bisnow, Forbes.com, 17 July 2025
Smith came up with the idea for FedEx while a student at Yale University, writing a term paper proposing a revolutionary way to deliver time-sensitive shipments.
—Chris Isidore, CNN Money, 22 June 2025
See All Example Sentences for term paper
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“Term paper.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/term%20paper. Accessed 20 Aug. 2025.
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