curricula

variants also curriculums
plural of curriculum
as in courses
formal the courses that are taught by a school, college, etc. the undergraduate curriculum The college has a liberal arts curriculum.

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Recent Examples of curricula Hunks of that money will go to support hiring a limited number of reading coaches for teachers statewide, to paying part of the cost for schools to purchase curriculums that are in line with Act 20, and to support the costs of training teachers. Alan J. Borsuk, jsonline.com, 26 Sep. 2025 Mississippi, Louisiana and other states have experimented with shaking up reading curriculums and passing laws aimed at improving childhood literacy. Gordon Ebanks, CNN Money, 22 Sep. 2025 Critics, however, have called the crackdown an excuse to exert more control over university curriculums. Molly Gibbs, Mercury News, 21 Sep. 2025 Today, banning books and policing curriculums are top priorities for Republicans. Time, 10 Sep. 2025 Traditional curricula are being obsoleted faster than ever before. Sanjay Srivastava, Forbes.com, 10 Sep. 2025
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Noun
  • Track position means more at road courses No pole-sitter has won the Roval, but several set up strong runs.
    Shane Connuck October 4, Charlotte Observer, 4 Oct. 2025
  • The 10 stylish courses included an absurdly succulent leek dressed in beurre blanc and lamb that had been cooked for three days.
    Fiona Mozley, Travel + Leisure, 4 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • Funding for basic research is distributed by the federal government through several agencies and institutes.
    Ryan Summers, The Conversation, 3 Oct. 2025
  • In China, for one striking example, many individual scholars and academic institutes have pursued extensive and fascinating projects in the field.
    Josh Lambert, JSTOR Daily, 19 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • In the early nineteen-hundreds, Richard Cabot, a physician at Massachusetts General Hospital, started holding seminars to demonstrate clinical reasoning for trainees.
    Dhruv Khullar, New Yorker, 22 Sep. 2025
  • Team members become experts through extensive training programs, weekly wine tastings, and wine-producer seminars every month.
    Shawn Price, Oc Register, 19 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • He and his apprentices host glass- blowing classes on Fridays and Saturdays (reservation required), when guests can make anything from a bowl to a tumbler to an ornament.
    Tara Massouleh McCay, Southern Living, 4 Oct. 2025
  • Monday’s classes had been cancelled after a deadly attack the day before at The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints a half-mile away.
    John Wisely, Freep.com, 3 Oct. 2025

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