syllabi

noun

variants or syllabuses
plural of syllabus
as in surveys
a list of the topics or books that will be studied in a course started the first class by going over the syllabus

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Recent Examples of syllabi Her gift also includes 300 works from her personal art collection, amassed via a combination of trades, gifts, and purchases, as well as her teaching materials and syllabi from her three-decade tenure at the School of the Art Institute of Chicago. — Maximilíano Durón, ARTnews.com, 3 Aug. 2026 The same habits shape syllabi, theatre histories, catalogues, footnotes—the professional instinct that makes one document serious and another merely interesting. — Literary Hub, 26 June 2026 Monuments, syllabi, grant priorities—these are not sacred relics but civic choices. — The Atlantic, 16 June 2026 Professors are censoring themselves in lectures and rewriting syllabuses. — Bruce Schneier, The Conversation, 27 May 2026 Students also pointed out to the Republic that their class syllabi had strict rules about the use of AI in academic work; Reiner said students can be punished or expelled for it. — Jeanine Santucci, USA Today, 23 May 2026 This fall, all syllabuses for all classes will be publicly available. — Matt Boedy, AJC.com, 18 May 2026 Department web pages list program outcomes—syllabi often will list the specific learning outcomes. — Jay Caspian Kang, New Yorker, 12 May 2026 Students often access their syllabi, assignments, tests and grades through Canvas. — Becca Savransky, Idaho Statesman, 8 May 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for syllabi
  1. surveys
  2. sketches
  3. outlines
  4. summaries
  5. overviews
Noun
  • Most of the people who sell their plasma tend to be under 35, unemployed, without a college degree, Black and male, according to a 2021 study based on two proprietary national surveys conducted between 2018 and 2021.
    — CNN Staff, CNN Money, 23 Aug. 2026
  • That’s Trump’s approval rating in Nate Silver’s Silver Bulletin polling average, amid a string of surveys in recent months showing his approval rating at record lows amid growing fatigue with the Iran war and its impact on the economy.
    — Sara Dorn, Forbes.com, 22 Aug. 2026
Definition of surveys
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  • Lawrence Lewitinn is building an AI-native archive for his great-uncle’s works, which will systematize the artist’s sketches, pigment formulas, poems and color diagrams, along with his notes on color, perception and theory.
    — R. Daniel Foster, Forbes.com, 17 Aug. 2026
  • The couture team and Pierpaolo sent the most exquisite selection of sketches to choose from.
    — Alexandra Macon, Vogue, 9 Aug. 2026
Definition of sketches
Noun
  • To ensure a net gain, our agency completely avoids cliché prompts and invests significant time in sharpening them with firsthand data, raw outlines and strict audience constraints.
    — Expert Panel®, Forbes.com, 20 Aug. 2026
  • In his experimental doc, Wadimoff has the Palestinian refugees recreate the experiences of their escape from Gaza on a barren stage marked out by chalk outlines, in the style of Lars von Trier’s Dogville.
    — Scott Roxborough, HollywoodReporter, 13 Aug. 2026
Definition of outlines
Noun
  • These include monthly summaries involving blood pressure trends, sleep breathing quality and insulin resistance trends.
    — Kurt Knutsson, FOXNews.com, 15 Aug. 2026
  • Magnet Forensics unveiled Magnet AI this spring, an engine that surfaces artifacts in seconds and writes investigative summaries from the evidence.
    — Lars Daniel, Forbes.com, 13 Aug. 2026
Definition of summaries
Noun
  • Google's new search box, the drop in click-through, the rise of AI overviews … none of it is a fluke.
    — Parry Headrick, Forbes.com, 10 Aug. 2026
  • Google is increasingly focused on transforming its traditional search engine into an AI search experience with AI overviews.
    — Michael Muchmore, PC Magazine, 26 July 2026
Definition of overviews

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