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
Those include tuition assistance and other resources.
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Natalie Neysa Alund, USA Today, 15 Apr. 2026
The flat-rate tuition will top $5,300 at Georgia Tech.
—Cassidy Alexander, AJC.com, 15 Apr. 2026
By comparison, tuition alone at Stanford is set to reach $67,731 next academic year, while Harvard’s is $62,226.
—Preston Fore, Fortune, 15 Apr. 2026
Between last school year and this year, tuition rose from $59,366 to $62,928 per student, and housing costs doubled to over $10,000.
—State House News Service, Boston Herald, 14 Apr. 2026
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Natalie Neysa Alund, USA Today, 15 Apr. 2026
The flat-rate tuition will top $5,300 at Georgia Tech.
—Cassidy Alexander, AJC.com, 15 Apr. 2026
By comparison, tuition alone at Stanford is set to reach $67,731 next academic year, while Harvard’s is $62,226.
—Preston Fore, Fortune, 15 Apr. 2026
Between last school year and this year, tuition rose from $59,366 to $62,928 per student, and housing costs doubled to over $10,000.
—State House News Service, Boston Herald, 14 Apr. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for tuition
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For years, his main political project was legislation that siphoned public-education funds to private schools via vouchers.—
Zach Helfand,
New Yorker,
20 Apr. 2026
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All art forms require immense time, training, and education to develop the skills needed to create great art.—
Heide Janssen,
Oc Register,
19 Apr. 2026
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Rue takes to this teaching like the Torah, ogling the girls grinding for bills with a fervor that mimics that of a religious revelation.—
Naomi Fry,
New Yorker,
18 Apr. 2026
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In between teaching and training, Wilkins helped coach South’s throwers.—
Scott M. Reid,
Oc Register,
17 Apr. 2026
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Research highlights that each additional year of schooling increases an individual’s earnings by roughly 10% annually, illustrating how education compounds economic opportunity over time rather than delivering a one-time benefit.—
Daniel Fusch,
USA Today,
14 Apr. 2026
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The older students can help one another with technology that may not have been a part of their schooling, but is now a standard part of education.—
Elizabeth Hernandez,
Denver Post,
12 Apr. 2026
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The team also gave Luna a series of initial instructions, including pre-launch priorities like hiring an employee to run the store’s day-to-day operations, deciding what the store should sell and ordering inventory.—
David Ingram,
NBC news,
11 Apr. 2026
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Instead, what the court addressed was a single jury instruction, charting several paths forward — including fixing that instruction and trying the case again.—
Alex Crippen,
CNBC,
11 Apr. 2026
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“Tuition.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/tuition. Accessed 20 Apr. 2026.
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