as in education
the act or process of imparting knowledge or skills to another
a private tutor handled the tuition of their children
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Recent Examples of tuition
Ambroise’s photos went on sale to fund tuition at University of Gastronomic Sciences in Pollenzo, Italy.
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Sofia Celeste, Footwear News, 7 May 2025
Hu plays Claire, a Wheeler College Junior who works multiple campus jobs to pay for her tuition.
—Denise Petski, Deadline, 6 May 2025
Three years later, in 2020, the Court ruled that a Montana tax-credit program for private-school tuition had to include religious schools.
—Ruth Marcus, New Yorker, 5 May 2025
In the most recent decision from the U.S. Supreme Court about government support for religious schools, Carson v. Makin in 2022, the majority ruled that Maine could not exclude religious schools from a state tuition program.
—Adam Liptak, New York Times, 30 Apr. 2025
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Sofia Celeste, Footwear News, 7 May 2025
Hu plays Claire, a Wheeler College Junior who works multiple campus jobs to pay for her tuition.
—Denise Petski, Deadline, 6 May 2025
Three years later, in 2020, the Court ruled that a Montana tax-credit program for private-school tuition had to include religious schools.
—Ruth Marcus, New Yorker, 5 May 2025
In the most recent decision from the U.S. Supreme Court about government support for religious schools, Carson v. Makin in 2022, the majority ruled that Maine could not exclude religious schools from a state tuition program.
—Adam Liptak, New York Times, 30 Apr. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for tuition
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In practice, patriotic education is often united with military training, and one of its explicit purposes is to encourage military service.—
Livia Gershon,
JSTOR Daily,
20 May 2025
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Certain sections have been particularly hard hit by departures, including voting, education and special litigation.—
Ryan Lucas,
NPR,
19 May 2025
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According to her bio on the district’s website, Berkel is the daughter of multilingual Dutch Caribbean immigrants, and began her career in bilingual teaching as a Montessori Elementary teacher.—
Richard Requena,
Chicago Tribune,
21 May 2025
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But anyone who sticks around for long enough will notice a more insurgent teaching at play: build your identity, guard it, and do it on purpose.—
Anna Kaufman,
USA Today,
21 May 2025
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So rather than having to pay up front for schooling, cosmetologists and barbers can start earning money quickly and work their way up the ladder.—
Andrew Wimer,
Forbes.com,
5 May 2025
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Many families kept their kids enrolled in alternative schooling options after neighborhoods public schools reopened and returned to in-person learning.—
Kayla Jimenez,
USA Today,
4 May 2025
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If the user follows these instructions, the command downloads and runs the malicious file known as Atomic macOS Stealer (AMOS).—
Kurt Knutsson,
FOXNews.com,
12 May 2025
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If cell phone radio waves are interfering with headsets, pilots can usually still hear instructions from the control tower, but the audio could be less clear.—
Katie Jackson,
Travel + Leisure,
12 May 2025
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“Tuition.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/tuition. Accessed 25 May. 2025.
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