semester
noun
se·mes·ter
sə-ˈme-stər 
1
: either of the two usually 18-week periods of instruction into which an academic year is often divided
2
: a period of six months
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Pro-Palestinian protesters interrupted a History of Modern Israel class at Columbia University on the first day of the spring semester and handed out antisemitic flyers.
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Christina Coulter, Fox News, 23 Jan. 2025
Students who are not within 60 units of graduation or who are otherwise unable to follow a pathway to graduating within two years will be required to change majors by the end of the Spring 2025 semester.
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At Columbia, following a tumultuous school year marked by protests, an encampment on school grounds, a building occupation and the mass arrest of more than 100 demonstrators, the university’s president resigned at the start of the fall semester in August.
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Christina Coulter, Fox News, 23 Jan. 2025
Students who are not within 60 units of graduation or who are otherwise unable to follow a pathway to graduating within two years will be required to change majors by the end of the Spring 2025 semester.
—Michael T. Nietzel, Forbes, 23 Jan. 2025
At Columbia, following a tumultuous school year marked by protests, an encampment on school grounds, a building occupation and the mass arrest of more than 100 demonstrators, the university’s president resigned at the start of the fall semester in August.
—Jeff Winter, CNN, 23 Jan. 2025
What’s more, December 2024 closed out the biggest half-year globally since 2019 with a total of $13.3 billion, 5% ahead of 2023’s second semester.
—Nancy Tartaglione, Deadline, 15 Jan. 2025
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semester
noun
se·mes·ter
sə-ˈmes-tər
: either of two terms of about 18 weeks each that make up a school year
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