How to Use term paper in a Sentence

term paper

noun
  • I have a term paper due next week.
  • So the kids write their term papers and throw their tame ragers, while the parents claim the right to act out.
    Ben Falcone, New York Times, 10 May 2018
  • The punch makes holes in the plastic term paper covers that are fastened to the posts.
    Steve Rubenstein, SFChronicle.com, 11 Apr. 2020
  • Someone could write a term paper on the overlap between the books.
    Dwight Garner, New York Times, 26 Apr. 2021
  • Some people are using it, and shouldn't be, to write their term papers.
    Taylor Wilson, USA TODAY, 27 Feb. 2023
  • His term papers were all on corruption in the Navy, a subject his peers wanted to avoid.
    Joseph Hincks / Manila, Time, 27 Oct. 2017
  • FedEx founder Fred Smith, who came up with the idea for his company while writing a term paper at Yale.
    Matt Durot, Forbes, 17 Oct. 2021
  • Perhaps that’s because no one asks for a term paper on arrival.
    Jennifer Fernandez, ELLE Decor, 2 Apr. 2018
  • Short-term paper instruments have to be repaid within a year from the date of issue.
    Rodrigo Olivares-Caminal, Quartz Africa, 11 May 2020
  • The chatbot that millions of people have used to write term papers, computer code and fairy tales doesn’t just do words.
    Kashmir Hill, New York Times, 18 July 2023
  • When asked to grade the Rams’ offseason, Snead answered by comparing it to a term paper.
    Gary Klein Staff Writer, Los Angeles Times, 1 Sep. 2021
  • No longer would the brilliant musings of your budding college mind be confined to the pages of a five-page, double-spaced term paper!
    Heidi Stevens, chicagotribune.com, 6 Nov. 2019
  • No one, after all, loves the professor who grades the term paper or final essay.
    Brian Steinberg, Variety, 14 May 2022
  • But the film has all the subtlety of a term paper, even if the earliest scenes suggest otherwise.
    David Sims, The Atlantic, 26 Sep. 2017
  • Whether drafting a term paper or the next great American novel, Scrivener 3 is here to help.
    Stackcommerce Team, PCMAG, 19 Apr. 2023
  • The concept was spelled out in a term paper during his time at Yale University.
    Paul Ziobro, WSJ, 28 Mar. 2022
  • Miss the college experience but not the term papers and exams?
    charlotteobserver, 24 Oct. 2017
  • Think of term papers as a way to research areas that relate to your career goals, the projects could help open the doors of meeting people in the marketplace.
    Kimberly Thompson, Houston Chronicle, 23 Aug. 2019
  • The syllabus had assignments laid out for each day until Christmas break, naming times and places for midterms and a large term paper as well.
    Kendra James, Town & Country, 27 Jan. 2022
  • One inspiring Texas high school teacher is bringing a whole lot more than term papers and pop quizzes to his Austin classroom.
    Meghan Overdeep, Southern Living, 8 Mar. 2018
  • In other words, don't base your Hamilton term paper solely on the musical.
    Jim Higgins, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 24 Oct. 2019
  • College students have long relied on caffeine to cram for exams, stay awake to write term papers and get an afternoon boost to keep alert for the last classes of the day.
    T. Rees Shapiro, Washington Post, 21 Sep. 2017
  • Much has been made about ChatGPT’s ability to pass exams and write term papers.
    Alex Shephard, The New Republic, 1 Mar. 2023
  • Then Kenney wrote a scathing op-ed that compared Rhynhart’s tactics to those of a mean teacher failing a student over a draft and not the final term paper.
    Phillyclout Team, Philly.com, 22 June 2018
  • One of the biggest takeaways that students write about in their end of term papers is that the experience is so real, a news release noted.
    Milwaukee, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 1 Sep. 2017
  • These students should have been thinking about SATs, term papers and proms but instead endured a life-altering tragedy.
    Susan Miller, USA TODAY, 17 Feb. 2018
  • And there’s both frustration and elation because final exams and term papers were dropped.
    Leslie Anne Tarabella, al, 21 Apr. 2020
  • There are a lot of companies providing research paper & term paper writing services out there, and not all of them are good.
    Ocasio Media, The Salt Lake Tribune, 16 Dec. 2022
  • And the truth is that, with the possible exception of a term paper or tricky new math concept, his work in high school hasn’t been particularly difficult!
    Brian Platzer, The Atlantic, 3 Mar. 2021
  • For the tasks that a thin-and-light computer like the Air is ideal for — productivity work, browsing the web, video calls, watching TV shows or movies, writing term papers, etc. — the M2 is more than capable.
    Brandon Widder, The Verge, 3 May 2023

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