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as in procedures
a way of acting or proceeding
the president's usual course has been to obtain advice from several people and then make up his own mind
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as in classes
a series of lectures on a subject
a course on American history from the colonial period to the present
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as in processes
a usually fixed or ordered series of actions or events leading to a result
set out on the course that would lead to a college degree
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as in canals
an open man-made passageway for water
the Erie Canal was replaced by a much larger course, the New York State Barge Canal
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as in tracks
to go after or on the track of
after coursing the conspirators for months, the federal agents closed in and made the arrests
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as in traverses
to make one's way through, across, or over
once the threat of terrorism became apparent, fighter jets began coursing that corridor on a daily basis
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as in races
to proceed or move quickly
racehorses coursing down the track
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Recent Examples of courses
Nathan Diller,
USA Today,
30 June 2026
Many humanities courses were a kind of way station for students to fulfill their general-education requirements, one of which was to produce twenty-four thousand words by graduation, by whatever means necessary.
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Ann Manov,
Harpers Magazine,
30 June 2026
Straka, who usually plays courses like TPC River Highlands well, finished dead last in the field of 72 players.
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Jeff Hartman,
Forbes.com,
30 June 2026
The Public Policy Institute of California reveals that people who participated in college courses while at CDCR are 31% more likely to secure jobs after release.
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Lyanne Wang,
CBS News,
30 June 2026
In 1978, Brooks told The New Yorker that his eldest was taking film courses at New York University.
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Julie Tremaine,
PEOPLE,
29 June 2026
There are four main courses in the area — dirt, park, street and vertical — all with different styles of judging and competition.
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Sean Campbell,
Sacbee.com,
27 June 2026
Chanea Bond, who teaches college and advanced high school English courses in Fort Worth, said having a state reading list can close the gap between what students learn in different areas.
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Jamie Stengle,
Arkansas Online,
27 June 2026
The pilot will initially be used by students enrolled in Woz ED AI and Robotics courses, reflecting Salamanca’s designation as a Woz ED STEM Pathway district.
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Jijo Malayil,
Interesting Engineering,
25 June 2026
Michael Kazin,
The Atlantic,
3 June 2026
And about the obsession that courses through dozens of countries on the continent.
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Henry Bushnell,
New York Times,
3 June 2026
But Open, Heaven also courses with youth’s great agony, the cruelty that learning to love should be inexorably followed by learning to grieve its undoing.
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Gabrielle Bellot,
Literary Hub,
27 Feb. 2026
Such is the power of cachaça, the essential and irresistible Brazilian sugar cane spirit that courses through each round of tropical cocktails passed across the bar.
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Elazar Sontag,
Washington Post,
26 Feb. 2026
Noun
Kimpton seeks out top chefs, but said booking a daytime reservation can be more affordable and less of a commitment than dinner service with many courses.
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Nathan Diller,
USA Today,
30 June 2026
Many humanities courses were a kind of way station for students to fulfill their general-education requirements, one of which was to produce twenty-four thousand words by graduation, by whatever means necessary.
—
Ann Manov,
Harpers Magazine,
30 June 2026
Straka, who usually plays courses like TPC River Highlands well, finished dead last in the field of 72 players.
—
Jeff Hartman,
Forbes.com,
30 June 2026
The Public Policy Institute of California reveals that people who participated in college courses while at CDCR are 31% more likely to secure jobs after release.
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Lyanne Wang,
CBS News,
30 June 2026
In 1978, Brooks told The New Yorker that his eldest was taking film courses at New York University.
—
Julie Tremaine,
PEOPLE,
29 June 2026
There are four main courses in the area — dirt, park, street and vertical — all with different styles of judging and competition.
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Sean Campbell,
Sacbee.com,
27 June 2026
Chanea Bond, who teaches college and advanced high school English courses in Fort Worth, said having a state reading list can close the gap between what students learn in different areas.
—
Jamie Stengle,
Arkansas Online,
27 June 2026
The pilot will initially be used by students enrolled in Woz ED AI and Robotics courses, reflecting Salamanca’s designation as a Woz ED STEM Pathway district.
—
Jijo Malayil,
Interesting Engineering,
25 June 2026
Verb
The same love of equality and freedom that courses through the Declaration motivated her white great-grandmother to campaign for suffrage and her African American grandfather to found a chapter of the NAACP in the Jim Crow South.
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Michael Kazin,
The Atlantic,
3 June 2026
And about the obsession that courses through dozens of countries on the continent.
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Henry Bushnell,
New York Times,
3 June 2026
But Open, Heaven also courses with youth’s great agony, the cruelty that learning to love should be inexorably followed by learning to grieve its undoing.
—
Gabrielle Bellot,
Literary Hub,
27 Feb. 2026
Such is the power of cachaça, the essential and irresistible Brazilian sugar cane spirit that courses through each round of tropical cocktails passed across the bar.
—
Elazar Sontag,
Washington Post,
26 Feb. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for courses
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These celebrity men have used their platforms to talk about undergoing hair transplant procedures in an effort to not only look good on camera as part of their jobs, but also boost their confidence day-to-day.
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With the expansion, AGH now operates three cath labs, three EP labs, two multiprocedural rooms and a hybrid surgical suite that can be used for either cath or EP procedures.
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So do savings accounts, CDs and gold, the asset classes that topped the Gallup poll at times in the Great Recession era.
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Several classes combine both, while sessions are kept intentionally small to preserve a close, mentor-style learning environment.
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Unlike those innovations, AI uniquely engages in cognitive processes such as analysis, content creation, and decision-making, fundamentally altering the nature of work itself.
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An introductory section designed by Studio Adrien Gardère will spotlight the savoir-faire of Le19M’s 11 resident maisons d’art, focusing on the gestures, tools, materials and creative processes that define them.
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The borough added that collection days are not changing, only the start time of the pickup routes.
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The model has structure in abundance and routes almost none of it toward meaning or mobility.
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But the gold seekers, the ‘49ers, immediately set to digging ditches and canals to divert water, and so the new state soon allowed that practice, too.
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The city’s architecture, centuries of art, intricate decorative details, winding canals and network of historic bridges (Pontes) continually influence his creative vision.
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Most are left by parents or caregivers by accident, according to the organization Kids and Car Safety, which tracks such deaths.
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The LineShine machine, housed at the National Supercomputing Center in China’s tech hub of Shenzhen, replaced the American titleholder El Capitan in the latest biannual TOP500 ranking, which tracks the world’s most powerful supercomputers.
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Like Orton’s prior work, The Ground Above traverses some tricky emotional terrain.
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On July 6, the route traverses Tilden Regional Park and Briones Regional Park before finishing at Heather Farm Park.
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Anthropic has accused the Chinese firm Alibaba of launching the largest attack yet attempting to clone Claude, as China races to match the capabilities of Anthropic’s leading model following Mythos’ release and subsequent restriction from foreign markets.
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Once again, extraordinary wealth is concentrating into fewer hands while technology races ahead faster than society’s moral conscience.
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