curriculum

Definition of curriculumnext
as in course
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 curriculum The curriculum includes English, math, French, science, Latin, Greek, history, geography, art, drama, music and physical education. Stephanie Petit, PEOPLE, 9 Sep. 2026 The curriculum starts with AI agent and Agentic AI fundamentals before moving into Retrieval-Augmented Generation (RAG) applications, business agents, marketing automation, and advanced agentic engineering. Stackcommerce Team, PC Magazine, 8 Sep. 2026 The statute also required the Education Department to identify a model curriculum on 9/11 for optional use. ABC News, 8 Sep. 2026 The AfD also aims to segregate refugees and disabled children in schools and rework the curriculum to portray a more positive view of Germany's history. Brittney Melton, NPR, 7 Sep. 2026 See All Example Sentences for curriculum
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  • The courses must be broad enough to count as introductory surveys— no special topics or advanced studies may qualify—and restrictions govern who can craft and run them.
    Mark Bauerlein, Washington Post, 11 Sep. 2026
  • Their findings suggest that itPBM may have a neuroprotective effect or modify the course of disease, according to the group.
    Mirin Fader, New York Times, 11 Sep. 2026
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  • Only about 70 have been observed or collected, the institute said in a statement.
    Fedor Zarkhin, Los Angeles Times, 5 Sep. 2026
  • The institute, which formally began domesticating Kernza in 2001, works with researchers and farmers around the world to develop perennial versions of wheat, rice, sorghum and other grain and oil seeds.
    ABC News, ABC News, 4 Sep. 2026
Noun
  • Skillfully insinuating actors on the order of Tom Hollander (Treasurer Robert Hales) and Stephen Dillane (Archbishop Sudbury) add some spice to the film’s periodic seminars in court scheming and skulking.
    Michael Phillips, Variety, 9 Sep. 2026
  • That soon led to Davis taking a job arranging lectures and seminars and, later, overseeing the organization’s public programming.
    Glenn Whipp, Los Angeles Times, 9 Sep. 2026
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  • Yarbo later acknowledged the core technical findings and began rolling out fixes.
    Kurt Knutsson, FOXNews.com, 5 Sep. 2026
  • But the core four aren’t the only transplants from Woodsboro, as Ghostface soon rears its ugly head, directly targeting them and whomever else is caught up in their orbit.
    Michael Lee Simpson, Entertainment Weekly, 5 Sep. 2026
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  • Inside the closed cockpits of WEC’s two classes of sports car, the difference may be academic.
    Patrick Iversen, New York Times, 6 Sep. 2026
  • Arkansas Department of Education spokeswoman Kaelin Clay said last month that the Wittes owed the department $5,650 in Educational Freedom Account money for two summer classes Nova Roots did not provide.
    Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 5 Sep. 2026

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“Curriculum.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/curriculum. Accessed 16 Sep. 2026.

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