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
Last month, Walsh advised parents that tuition would go up another 4% in the fall.
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Leslie Postal, Orlando Sentinel, 12 Feb. 2025
The Lee Strasberg Theatre & Film Institute in Los Angeles has launched an initiative called the James Baldwin Scholarship — a tuition award of $10,900 to be used toward study at the school.
—Jessica Gelt, Los Angeles Times, 3 Feb. 2025
In October, Clemson University’s board of trustees voted for the first ever to implement a $150-per-semester mandatory tuition fee for athletics.
—Daniel Libit, Sportico.com, 3 Feb. 2025
Institutions would be prohibited from recovering their budget reductions from tuition increases or other state funds, except for the costs of teaching out students enrolled in programs to be phased out.
—Michael T. Nietzel, Forbes, 3 Feb. 2025
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Leslie Postal, Orlando Sentinel, 12 Feb. 2025
The Lee Strasberg Theatre & Film Institute in Los Angeles has launched an initiative called the James Baldwin Scholarship — a tuition award of $10,900 to be used toward study at the school.
—Jessica Gelt, Los Angeles Times, 3 Feb. 2025
In October, Clemson University’s board of trustees voted for the first ever to implement a $150-per-semester mandatory tuition fee for athletics.
—Daniel Libit, Sportico.com, 3 Feb. 2025
Institutions would be prohibited from recovering their budget reductions from tuition increases or other state funds, except for the costs of teaching out students enrolled in programs to be phased out.
—Michael T. Nietzel, Forbes, 3 Feb. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for tuition
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With some Black History Month activities being scaled back by the federal government, history and education organizations are ramping up efforts to fill the void.—
Deborah Barfield Berry,
USA TODAY,
11 Feb. 2025
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Women are underrepresented at every stage - from education to entrepreneurship.—
Kath Mackay,
Forbes,
11 Feb. 2025
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Cameron started his teaching career at R. T. Coles Vocational School and taught at Lincoln High School before landing a position heading the language and literature department at Penn Valley Community College.—
Mará Rose Williams,
Kansas City Star,
14 Feb. 2025
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The Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee is holding its hearing to grill McMahon, a businesswoman with close ties to Trump who has no teaching experience.—
Arthur Jones II,
ABC News,
13 Feb. 2025
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Critics said the move depletes the government of vital data sources on American schooling and all but decimated the agency’s research division.—
Rebecca Morin,
USA TODAY,
12 Feb. 2025
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Beyond New Beginnings was created to help young women, between the ages of 18 and 26, with low income housing, completion of a high school diploma, attending post-secondary schooling or full-time employment.—
Graham P. Johnson,
Twin Cities,
7 Feb. 2025
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The instructions said the test would take 20 minutes and require a pack of lancets.—
Olga Khazan,
The Atlantic,
18 Feb. 2025
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In the Fort Worth Independent School District and across Texas, conversations about literacy instruction have largely focused on the early grades.—
Silas Allen,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
18 Feb. 2025
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“Tuition.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/tuition. Accessed 21 Feb. 2025.
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