How to Use semester in a Sentence

semester

noun
  • And maybe by the time the next semester begins, there is a cease-fire in Gaza.
    CBS News, 4 May 2024
  • But while fill rates rose in the second semester, so did the need for subs.
    Madeline Mitchell, The Enquirer, 28 June 2022
  • Six of them signed in January and joined the Aztecs for the spring 2022 semester.
    San Diego Union-Tribune, 21 Dec. 2022
  • The deadline to apply for the fall semester was in March.
    Natalie Neysa Alund, USA TODAY, 6 June 2022
  • It is expected to open around the start of the fall semester at AU.
    Bob Carlton | Bcarlton@al.com, al, 3 June 2022
  • But one of the best parts of the first semester is prepping for homecoming, aka the first big bash of the school year.
    Carolyn Twersky, Seventeen, 24 May 2023
  • By then, school had ended for the semester and his room had been cleaned out.
    Brenna Ehrlich, Rolling Stone, 18 Oct. 2022
  • Each semester a new chef-instructor takes the helm and shapes the menu.
    Paul Stephen, San Antonio Express-News, 2 Oct. 2024
  • Nesbitt has been the interim dean since the end of the spring semester.
    The Arkansas Democrat-Gazette, Arkansas Online, 16 Aug. 2023
  • It has been lectured and assigned in classrooms for six semesters straight.
    Cerys Davies, Los Angeles Times, 14 Aug. 2024
  • The field trip is a source of insight that carries through the entire semester.
    David Yamane, The Conversation, 26 June 2023
  • Dickie primed me for Mr. Ripley at the end of that semester.
    Hazlitt, 28 Feb. 2024
  • Spending some time those first few weeks of fall semester is a great idea, says Page.
    Sara Gaynes Levy, Peoplemag, 26 July 2023
  • Back-to-school season has arrived and Coach has new styles for those who want to look their best this semester.
    Josie Howell | Jhowell@al.com, al, 8 Aug. 2022
  • Davis was his student this semester and Chandler was in his class in Spring 2022.
    Larisha Paul, Rolling Stone, 14 Nov. 2022
  • It’s been that way since my first semester of college, during the last day of finals.
    Esra Erol, Bon Appétit, 23 Nov. 2022
  • The quiz, a softball at the start of the fall semester, asked students to subtract eight from negative six.
    Collin Binkley, The Christian Science Monitor, 31 Aug. 2023
  • The first weeks of the season have seen more than enough bad plays and outstanding efforts to fill a semester’s worth of blue books.
    Scooby Axson, USA TODAY, 12 Sep. 2022
  • The spring semester has begun and amidst the start of classes and a new academic era, the Green Terror sports teams are still putting in the work.
    Emily Hollwedel, Baltimore Sun, 27 Jan. 2023
  • From the big football game and fun homecoming floats to the dance, homecoming is one of the most special nights of the fall semester.
    Leah Campano, Seventeen, 18 May 2023
  • News of the tour, first reported by ABC News, comes as students return to school for the fall semester.
    Rachel Scott, ABC News, 7 Sep. 2023
  • That spring semester was one of all of my important firsts.
    Lauren Colella, Los Angeles Times, 6 Dec. 2024
  • Phillips claims he was allowed to continue out the last few days of the school semester and his last day was August 2023.
    Cheyenne Roundtree, Rolling Stone, 2 Apr. 2024
  • New photos from Netflix see Kitty back in Seoul for a new semester and single for the first time in a long time.
    Shania Russell, EW.com, 21 Nov. 2024
  • Revel said Jaylin earned a rare C in gym his final semester, keeping him off the honor roll for the first time in years.
    Peter Hermann, Washington Post, 28 June 2023
  • Students pay a flat rate of $5,000 per semester for the housing program.
    Courtney Tanner, The Salt Lake Tribune, 13 Oct. 2022
  • School staff had to administer naloxone 18 times over the course of a school year, and five students died over the course of about one semester.
    Rae Ellen Bichell, CNN, 29 Feb. 2024
  • Students can earn a certificate in a semester or even just a few weeks.
    Laura Groch, San Diego Union-Tribune, 24 July 2022
  • Winter break: Final day of the fall semester is Friday, Dec. 19.
    Andy Humbles, The Tennessean, 20 Dec. 2024
  • If that's you, Class Tracker's first three pages are designated for outlining your semester schedule from Monday to Sunday, 6 am to midnight.
    Medea Giordano, WIRED, 21 Dec. 2024

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