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 fund backs music and arts curriculums in public schools inspired by Brooklyn natives Jean-Michel Basquiat and Max Roach. — James Laforge, Fortune, 13 Oct. 2026 Suffolk more than accommodated this corpus of experience while at the same time enabling me to refine my interests courtesy of its humanizing curriculum. — David Shribman, Christian Science Monitor, 10 Oct. 2026 Hasan declined to comment for this story or provide examples of curriculum changes. — ABC News, 9 Oct. 2026 Given Donalds’ years working in education, equating an assessment with a curriculum is a surprising argument. — Crystal Etienne, Sun Sentinel, 8 Oct. 2026 See All Example Sentences for curriculum
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Noun
  • The format is a four-course prix fixe in the dining room, plus à la carte at the bar and on the 14-seat patio.
    — Heidi Finley, Charlotte Observer, 23 Oct. 2026
  • Over the course of a year, Beigel sought to gain Trail’s trust and participation.
    — Samantha Bergeson, Time, 22 Oct. 2026
Noun
  • Monica Church was the institute’s executive director from 2022 to 2024, and Achilles remains a board member.
    — Sarah Cutler, Idaho Statesman, 23 Oct. 2026
  • The state’s release does not set placement or wage targets for the new institute.
    — Catherina Gioino, Fortune, 22 Oct. 2026
Noun
  • North Bergen officials have been holding seminars and passing out fliers to let residents know about their rights if they're stopped by ICE, including the right to remain silent.
    — Christine Sloan, CBS News, 21 Oct. 2026
  • What follows is an edited transcript of the next 30 minutes, during which my family conducted an impromptu seminar on feminism, hypocrisy, and the appropriate amount of clothing to wear while eating cereal.
    — Danielle Pergament, Allure, 19 Oct. 2026
Noun
  • Meanwhile, the MacBook Neo's iPhone-grade chip outperformed Googlebooks’ processors in single-core performance, while losing out on multi-core performance by varying (but overall large) margins.
    — Joe Osborne, PC Magazine, 24 Oct. 2026
  • As that enormous dome thinned through the Holocene, its margin withdrew up onto Baffin Island, and what’s left today is the deflated core of something that was once two miles thick.
    — Jacek Krywko, ArsTechnica, 24 Oct. 2026
Noun
  • The findings bring an entirely new class of personalized cancer medicine a step closer to reality.
    — Mike McRae October 25, New Atlas, 26 Oct. 2026
  • The Times story turned her success into a parable about class and America’s new ultrarich.
    — Ben Smith, semafor.com, 26 Oct. 2026

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“Curriculum.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/curriculum. Accessed 26 Oct. 2026.

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