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 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 For one, Palestine by Joe Sacco, which found its way onto academic syllabi before gaining steam as a collected volume of graphic reporting. — Kat Chen, Condé Nast Traveler, 25 Apr. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for syllabi
  1. surveys
  2. sketches
  3. outlines
  4. summaries
  5. overviews
Noun
  • Americans have unmistakably soured on the economy, according to various surveys, as the economic shocks of recent years have driven up the cost of living.
    — Bryan Mena, CNN Money, 17 July 2026
  • These would include geophysical surveys, biological sampling and oceanographic measurements.
    — Dánica Coto, Chicago Tribune, 17 July 2026
Definition of surveys
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  • This year, Grice partnered with NBC to create comic sketches and behind-the-scenes bits for The Voice, including promotional bits filmed with genre icon John Legend.
    — Rachel Brodsky, Time, 14 July 2026
  • Falbo gained traction in the comedy scene with indie shorts and Almost Friday TV sketches on YouTube.
    — Anthony D'Alessandro, Deadline, 14 July 2026
Definition of sketches
Noun
  • The outlines of the pads of those mighty feet told of a body far larger than that of any black that the Jemez supports.
    — Frank C. Hibben, Outdoor Life, 15 July 2026
  • While the Department of Health and Human Services has discussed plans to hold such a meeting, the outlines of the discussion haven’t been reported.
    — Lizzy Lawrence, STAT, 13 July 2026
Definition of outlines
Noun
  • The agent's output, grounded in model predictions rather than raw metrics, beat the baseline on every dimension physicians scored, and its ratings were statistically indistinguishable from summaries built on actual ground truth.
    — Josipa Majic Predin, Forbes.com, 10 July 2026
  • New summaries are added regularly, and the lifetime subscription unlocks the full library without ongoing fees.
    — StackCommerce Team, PC Magazine, 10 July 2026
Definition of summaries
Noun
  • And Google is catching on to it, recently updating its spam policy to disallow tactics that confuse AI overviews or Gemini searches.
    — Megan Poinski, Forbes.com, 8 July 2026
  • But after Google’s summaries falsely tied two publishing companies to scams, the German court said the AI overviews were the firm’s own content, The Decoder reported.
    — Tom Chivers, semafor.com, 11 June 2026
Definition of overviews

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“Syllabi.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/syllabi. Accessed 20 Jul. 2026.

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