syllabus
noun
syl·la·bus
ˈsi-lə-bəs 
plural syllabi
ˈsi-lə-ˌbī
-ˌbē
or syllabuses
1
: a summary outline of a discourse, treatise, or course of study or of examination requirements
2
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If Wuthering Heights wasn’t on your English class syllabus, expect an obsessive, haunting love story that portrays the extremes of desire.
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Emily Tannenbaum, Glamour, 3 Jan. 2026
If Wuthering Heights wasn’t on your English class syllabus, expect an obsessive, haunting love story that portrays the extremes of desire.
—Bailey Bujnosek, InStyle, 29 Dec. 2025
A number of professors and university leaders created anti-AI policies in class syllabi when Open AI’s ChatGPT first became relevant in 2023.
—Samuel O'Neal, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 10 Dec. 2025
One of my lifelong reading projects is building out a syllabus of comic novels.
—Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 9 Dec. 2025
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“Syllabus.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/syllabus. Accessed 6 Jan. 2026.
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syllabus
noun
syl·la·bus
ˈsil-ə-bəs
plural syllabi
-ˌbī
-ˌbē
or syllabuses
: a brief outline (as of a course of study)
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