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
Now, with a new financial program that will offer free tuition to new and current students with family incomes under $200,000 a year, more students are vying for the same number of slots.
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Irene Wright, USA Today, 4 Feb. 2026
Around 70% of customers are between 23 and 37, and some are as young as 18, saving a few hundred riyals a month for a phone, tuition, or a computer.
—Manal Albarakati, semafor.com, 3 Feb. 2026
Its tuition operates on an honor scale.
—Jessica Ma, Dallas Morning News, 3 Feb. 2026
Instead, Newsom insisted that free tuition become part of a larger higher-education-reform plan with many interlocking pieces—a program that is hard to explain in fifteen seconds on TV.
—Nathan Heller, New Yorker, 1 Feb. 2026
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Irene Wright, USA Today, 4 Feb. 2026
Around 70% of customers are between 23 and 37, and some are as young as 18, saving a few hundred riyals a month for a phone, tuition, or a computer.
—Manal Albarakati, semafor.com, 3 Feb. 2026
Its tuition operates on an honor scale.
—Jessica Ma, Dallas Morning News, 3 Feb. 2026
Instead, Newsom insisted that free tuition become part of a larger higher-education-reform plan with many interlocking pieces—a program that is hard to explain in fifteen seconds on TV.
—Nathan Heller, New Yorker, 1 Feb. 2026
See All Example Sentences for tuition
Recent Examples of Synonyms for tuition
Noun
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As uniform payment for attorneys changes the landscape of family law, training and education are at the forefront of the conversation.—
Raynee Howell,
Oklahoma Watch,
9 Feb. 2026
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The factors that drove it have mostly played out, including Congress raising the Social Security eligibility age by two years, gains in education and life expectancy and fewer employee pensions, said Alicia Munnell, a senior adviser to the Center for Retirement Research at Boston College.—
Paige Winfield Cunningham The Washington Post,
Arkansas Online,
9 Feb. 2026
Noun
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That can mean anything from learning an instrument, to teaching, to volunteering, to taking a part-time job or joining a line-dancing group.—
James Rainey,
Los Angeles Times,
11 Feb. 2026
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The rewards of teaching are echoed by Jonny Albert, who just started at AWO helping to teach the social dance class, and by Meadow Smith, who’s been teaching dance there for five years.—
David L. Coddon,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
11 Feb. 2026
Noun
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Cultural resources have been linked to better health, schooling and security in lower-income neighborhoods.—
Aria Jones,
Dallas Morning News,
11 Feb. 2026
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When family members or friends experience an upheaval that could equal a major job loss, location change or loss of schooling, consider advising them of the immediate need for a quality law firm.—
Gretchen Wittenmyer-Stone
February 10,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
10 Feb. 2026
Noun
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The lack of communication instructions led family members to make video appeals to any abductors in consultation with the FBI, with Savannah Guthrie urging anyone holding her for firm proof her mother was alive.—
Chris Kenning,
USA Today,
8 Feb. 2026
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How many times after making a mistake does Romero ignore tactical instructions and charge up the pitch in desperation to score a goal or wipe out an opponent?—
Jay Harris,
New York Times,
8 Feb. 2026
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“Tuition.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/tuition. Accessed 15 Feb. 2026.
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