as in course
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the courses that are taught by a school, college, etc.
the undergraduate curriculum The college has a liberal arts curriculum.
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Recent Examples of curriculum
In public schools, district leaders make curriculum decisions for every campus, leaving teachers little leeway to decide what concepts to cover.
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Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 10 Sep. 2025
The website's rankings are based on factors such as a school’s graduation rate, college readiness, curriculum, student performance on state assessments and the performance of underserved students.
—Joseph Hernandez, Kansas City Star, 9 Sep. 2025
This year's survey offers insights into math curriculum and supports, evaluations, early-career teachers, retention, student discipline, career and technical education, cell phones and artificial intelligence.
—Rachel Wegner, The Tennessean, 9 Sep. 2025
When in-person classes resumed, some of the teachers had left, and new ones had to be trained in the curriculum, Rodrequez said.
—Jason Ma, Fortune, 7 Sep. 2025
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Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 10 Sep. 2025
The website's rankings are based on factors such as a school’s graduation rate, college readiness, curriculum, student performance on state assessments and the performance of underserved students.
—Joseph Hernandez, Kansas City Star, 9 Sep. 2025
This year's survey offers insights into math curriculum and supports, evaluations, early-career teachers, retention, student discipline, career and technical education, cell phones and artificial intelligence.
—Rachel Wegner, The Tennessean, 9 Sep. 2025
When in-person classes resumed, some of the teachers had left, and new ones had to be trained in the curriculum, Rodrequez said.
—Jason Ma, Fortune, 7 Sep. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for curriculum
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Before all that happened, though, there was the eight-course dinner, which went totally fine as predicted.—
Rafaela Bassili,
Vulture,
16 Sep. 2025
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In April, Tien Kung Ultra became the first robot to finish a half-marathon, completing the 21-kilometer course in Beijing in 2 hours and 40 minutes.—
Aamir Khollam,
Interesting Engineering,
16 Sep. 2025
Noun
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Robinovitz and Schiller have given a great deal of thought every aspect of each visit to the institute.—
Sharon Edelson,
Forbes.com,
16 Sep. 2025
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Key achievements under Sundance include Smoke Signals becoming the first film written and directed by Native Americans, having originated in the Sundance lab, and then becoming the first Native film to receive a commercial release, according to the institute.—
Nick Lichtenberg,
Fortune,
16 Sep. 2025
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But the Guttenfelders didn’t worry until one day, when the two were at a seminar together, Ni left to go to the bathroom, and came back in excruciating pain, Jeff said.—
Ciara McCarthy
September 9,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
9 Sep. 2025
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Pughsley reportedly organized annual training seminars held each August to prepare the bookmakers for the start of the college football season, when most of the wagers are placed by RED44 bettors during the year.—
Kelly Phillips Erb,
Forbes.com,
9 Sep. 2025
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Kirk mused about writing a book on the core tenets of MAGA.—
Eric Cortellessa,
Time,
11 Sep. 2025
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Here’s how the S&P 500 might react, based on the core monthly inflation, according to JPMorgan.—
Yeo Boon Ping,
CNBC,
10 Sep. 2025
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The university said the campus is closed and classes are canceled until Monday.—
N'dea Yancey-Bragg,
USA Today,
11 Sep. 2025
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However, since school calendars in the city and county are generally set at the beginning of the calendar year, the special recall election was scheduled regardless of teacher in-service days, student class schedules and other events, Kieffer said.—
Ilana Arougheti,
Kansas City Star,
10 Sep. 2025
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“Curriculum.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/curriculum. Accessed 17 Sep. 2025.
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