as in survey
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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For one, Palestine by Joe Sacco, which found its way onto academic syllabi before gaining steam as a collected volume of graphic reporting.
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Kat Chen, Condé Nast Traveler, 25 Apr. 2026
Hampshire then made the course syllabi available to other colleges, helping spur a broader effort to teach the Holocaust at a college level, according to Vromen.
—Andrew Lapin, Sun Sentinel, 20 Apr. 2026
The latest bots have massive context windows, meaning that students can feed in mountains of course content such as syllabi, lecture slides, and practice exams.
—Lila Shroff, The Atlantic, 10 Apr. 2026
Fenn is giving a route syllabus, safety talk and motivational speech that’s heavy on the realities of a ride through the center of San Francisco that ends near morning rush hour.
—Peter Hartlaub, San Francisco Chronicle, 13 Mar. 2026
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Kat Chen, Condé Nast Traveler, 25 Apr. 2026
Hampshire then made the course syllabi available to other colleges, helping spur a broader effort to teach the Holocaust at a college level, according to Vromen.
—Andrew Lapin, Sun Sentinel, 20 Apr. 2026
The latest bots have massive context windows, meaning that students can feed in mountains of course content such as syllabi, lecture slides, and practice exams.
—Lila Shroff, The Atlantic, 10 Apr. 2026
Fenn is giving a route syllabus, safety talk and motivational speech that’s heavy on the realities of a ride through the center of San Francisco that ends near morning rush hour.
—Peter Hartlaub, San Francisco Chronicle, 13 Mar. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for syllabus
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Other games involve drawing blindfolded, giving the least popular answer to a survey question, memorizing images and hitting the buzzer after a certain amount of time has passed.—
Patrick Connolly,
The Orlando Sentinel,
14 May 2026
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Soon, survey crews showed up, bulldozers were spotted along dusty roads, and the Army Corps of Engineers arranged private meetings.—
Rachel Monroe,
New Yorker,
14 May 2026
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This basic outline is similar in scope to Apollo 9, a 1969 mission in which a three-astronaut crew spent 10 days testing the spacecraft’s ability to land on the moon from the comfort of low-Earth orbit.—
Claire Cameron,
Scientific American,
16 May 2026
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Legal professionals use ChatGPT to draft initial contract language, summarize legal documents, explain complex concepts in plain language, prepare deposition outlines, and structure legal arguments.—
AllBusiness,
Forbes.com,
16 May 2026
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Popular web sketch comedy company Smosh has hired former MTV Entertainment Studios exec Cory Midgarden as the brand’s first-ever chief content officer.—
Jennifer Maas,
Variety,
12 May 2026
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The trees in his paintings are all built from these different sketches.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
12 May 2026
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An overview of the GM Severance Program sent to impacted employees and viewed by CNBC offered severance of two months for those who had one to four years of experience.—
Michael Wayland,
CNBC,
12 May 2026
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This entry provides an overview of Rogers Communications, including its history and its range of services.—
Brooks DeCillia,
Encyclopedia Britannica,
12 May 2026
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Word with Copilot drafts and summarizes documents; Teams with Copilot generates meeting summaries and captures action items; and Excel with Copilot handles data analysis useful for damages calculations and billing.—
AllBusiness,
Forbes.com,
16 May 2026
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While other operators submitted detailed incident summaries to the US regulator, Tesla blacked out every narrative entirely, labeling them as confidential business information.—
Bojan Stojkovski,
Interesting Engineering,
16 May 2026
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More than a decade ago, Isaiah Rashad received a two-word review that has followed him ever since.—
Kelefa Sanneh,
New Yorker,
15 May 2026
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The city filed a lawsuit saying the federal government failed to perform required reviews of how the project would affect the health and safety of residents and the environment.—
AJ Willingham,
AJC.com,
15 May 2026
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“Syllabus.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/syllabus. Accessed 19 May. 2026.
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