as in survey
a list of the topics or books that will be studied in a course
started the first class by going over the syllabus
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Recent Examples of syllabus
More than any literary prize or celebrity book club, the school syllabus shapes American reading.
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Alexander Manshel, New Yorker, 29 Apr. 2025
Four starts into his big-league career with the Los Angeles Dodgers, Sasaki’s learning curve features a beefed-up syllabus.
—Fabian Ardaya, New York Times, 13 Apr. 2025
Her life and work can be used as a syllabus for effective leadership and change-making.
—Theodore McDarrah, Forbes, 27 Feb. 2025
Developed with Le Fresnoy, Studio National des Arts Contemporains, an arts center in France, the syllabus encompasses weekly lectures, seminars, screenings, and workshops with leading artists, as well as an environment to create works across a range of disciplines.
—The Editors Of Artnews, ARTnews.com, 3 Sep. 2019
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Alexander Manshel, New Yorker, 29 Apr. 2025
Four starts into his big-league career with the Los Angeles Dodgers, Sasaki’s learning curve features a beefed-up syllabus.
—Fabian Ardaya, New York Times, 13 Apr. 2025
Her life and work can be used as a syllabus for effective leadership and change-making.
—Theodore McDarrah, Forbes, 27 Feb. 2025
Developed with Le Fresnoy, Studio National des Arts Contemporains, an arts center in France, the syllabus encompasses weekly lectures, seminars, screenings, and workshops with leading artists, as well as an environment to create works across a range of disciplines.
—The Editors Of Artnews, ARTnews.com, 3 Sep. 2019
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for syllabus
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Sixty-three percent of Gen Zers and 52 percent of millennials are considering moving abroad, according to a recent survey by Harris Poll.—
Nick Mordowanec,
MSNBC Newsweek,
30 May 2025
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For example, the Dark Energy Survey (DES) has identified about 800 TNOs — and that's even though DES is ostensibly a cosmological survey.—
Keith Cooper,
Space.com,
30 May 2025
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In 2019, then-Senate Banking Chair Mike Crapo, an Idaho Republican, released a three-page outline that would turn the institutions into private guarantors with a limited share of the mortgage market.—
Joseph Zeballos-Roig,
Quartz,
28 May 2025
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The outline of the initial report — a contract extension for Crow-Armstrong potentially worth around $75 million — has been characterized as inaccurate.—
Patrick Mooney,
New York Times,
28 May 2025
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Pier Paolo Righi, chief executive officer at Karl Lagerfeld, considers the sketch a true collector’s piece from the brand’s archive, and a great example of the late German designer’s sense of humor.—
Miles Socha,
Footwear News,
22 May 2025
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By turning rough sketches into photorealistic images with accurate materials and trims, teams can visualize products earlier in the process and reduce sampling time and cost by up to 60%.—
Angela Chan-Danisi,
Forbes.com,
21 May 2025
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Here’s an overview of the resort’s 12 dining concepts at 1000 H St., Chula Vista.—
Pam Kragen,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
15 May 2025
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Champagne will give an overview of how AI is being used as a tool across the entertainment industry.—
Jack Dunn,
Variety,
15 May 2025
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Stay up-to-date with Colorado Politics by signing up for our weekly newsletter, The Spot. Updated 11:30 a.m. June 3, 2025: Because the bill’s summary was not updated to reflect legislative changes, this story originally misreported the final language of House Bill 1146.—
Sam Tabachnik,
Denver Post,
3 June 2025
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This was the 21st flight for the first stage, including 13 prior Starlink missions, according to a flight summary on SpaceX's website.—
Robert Z. Pearlman,
Space.com,
3 June 2025
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After nearly 6,000 California prisoners falsely tested positive for opioids, officials launch sweeping review.—
Andrew J. Campa,
Los Angeles Times,
1 June 2025
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The show also received poor reviews in the U.S. and U.K.—
Ashley Hume , Larry Fink,
FOXNews.com,
1 June 2025
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Caminero, Misner and several others, including Lowe, shortstop Taylor Walls and Jose Caballero, who has expanded his resume this season, have contributed to the aforementioned fielding percentage.—
Tom Layberger,
Forbes.com,
29 May 2025
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Woods already has several wins on his resume, with his first coming in the 14-15-year-old category at the Hurricane Junior Golf Tour’s Major Championship in June 2023.—
Ryan Morik,
FOXNews.com,
28 May 2025
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These early uses often involve simple document summarization or interactive chatbot/expert assistant kinds of uses.—
Jeff Catlin,
Forbes.com,
19 May 2025
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But the areas that are working, like focused copilots, intelligent workflow automation and data summarization, are already changing how software gets built and used.—
Mofe Blessing-Kayode,
Forbes.com,
6 May 2025
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“Syllabus.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/syllabus. Accessed 7 Jun. 2025.
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