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Recent Examples of survey course
Eighteen months after Ed died, Daniel enrolled in a modern art survey course.
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Emilie Hardman, JSTOR Daily, 6 May 2026
Weil earned a bachelor’s degree in 1948 from the University of Chicago, where an encounter with the works of Russian novelist Fyodor Dostoevsky in a literature survey course sparked an interest in Russian literature and culture.
—Bob Goldsborough, Chicago Tribune, 7 Apr. 2026
Belong is also a thrilling survey course of Jay Som’s influences, from crunch-guitar emo to delicate folk music, with features from Hayley Williams and Jimmy Eat World’s Jim Adkins.
—Jonathan Bernstein, Rolling Stone, 9 Sep. 2025
In Los Angeles Unified, the state’s largest school system, 11 courses can satisfy the district’s requirement, including a broad survey course and more specialized classes, such as African American Literature, American Indian Studies and Exploring Visual Arts through Ethnic Studies.
—Howard Blume, Los Angeles Times, 13 May 2025
Some of the more in-depth survey courses back then even posited that these walls of protection were proximate causes of the whole collapse of trade leading to a clueless President Herbert Hoover’s inability to avert the worst downtown in our nation’s history.
—Jim Cramer, CNBC, 20 Oct. 2024
And if that sometimes makes the album seem like a survey course in British underground music of the last 40 years, well, seldom has getting educated been such a blast.
—Reed Jackson, SPIN, 22 Apr. 2024
Well, prepare to take notes on a veritable survey course on navigational and constitutional law.
—Duane Byrge, The Hollywood Reporter, 3 Sep. 2019
Emilie Hardman, JSTOR Daily, 6 May 2026
Weil earned a bachelor’s degree in 1948 from the University of Chicago, where an encounter with the works of Russian novelist Fyodor Dostoevsky in a literature survey course sparked an interest in Russian literature and culture.
—Bob Goldsborough, Chicago Tribune, 7 Apr. 2026
Belong is also a thrilling survey course of Jay Som’s influences, from crunch-guitar emo to delicate folk music, with features from Hayley Williams and Jimmy Eat World’s Jim Adkins.
—Jonathan Bernstein, Rolling Stone, 9 Sep. 2025
In Los Angeles Unified, the state’s largest school system, 11 courses can satisfy the district’s requirement, including a broad survey course and more specialized classes, such as African American Literature, American Indian Studies and Exploring Visual Arts through Ethnic Studies.
—Howard Blume, Los Angeles Times, 13 May 2025
Some of the more in-depth survey courses back then even posited that these walls of protection were proximate causes of the whole collapse of trade leading to a clueless President Herbert Hoover’s inability to avert the worst downtown in our nation’s history.
—Jim Cramer, CNBC, 20 Oct. 2024
And if that sometimes makes the album seem like a survey course in British underground music of the last 40 years, well, seldom has getting educated been such a blast.
—Reed Jackson, SPIN, 22 Apr. 2024
Well, prepare to take notes on a veritable survey course on navigational and constitutional law.
—Duane Byrge, The Hollywood Reporter, 3 Sep. 2019
Recent Examples of Synonyms for survey course
Noun
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The room was narrow and had only one window, and the seminar table was actually four small tables of different heights, which, shoved together, rocked back and forth like shifting tectonic plates.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
11 May 2026
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Founded in 1998 by Keith Raniere, Nxivm was known for its Executive Success Programs (or ESP), an executive coaching seminar that was taken by as many as 16,000 people over two decades.—
Lynsey Eidell,
PEOPLE,
9 May 2026
Noun
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The clinic was close to the partition, where Israeli soldiers often fired their weapons.—
Clayton Dalton,
New Yorker,
15 May 2026
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Many fertility clinics require the carrier’s birth records to be reviewed.—
Ann Marie Luft,
The Orlando Sentinel,
14 May 2026
Noun
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For something more philosophical, Esalen Institute in Big Sur, California, has been operating since 1962 as a holistic retreat and nonprofit educational institute inspired by the human potential movement.—
Lauren Schuster,
Sacbee.com,
9 May 2026
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Other passengers of the airplane will be contacted by health authorities and will be provided guidance based on their seat location and the extent of their contact with the infected person, according to the institute.—
Eve Chen,
USA Today,
8 May 2026
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“Survey course.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/survey%20course. Accessed 16 May. 2026.
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