survey course

noun

Definition of survey coursenext
as in seminar

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Recent Examples of survey course Eighteen months after Ed died, Daniel enrolled in a modern art survey course. — Emilie Hardman, JSTOR Daily, 6 May 2026 Weil earned a bachelor’s degree in 1948 from the University of Chicago, where an encounter with the works of Russian novelist Fyodor Dostoevsky in a literature survey course sparked an interest in Russian literature and culture. — Bob Goldsborough, Chicago Tribune, 7 Apr. 2026 Belong is also a thrilling survey course of Jay Som’s influences, from crunch-guitar emo to delicate folk music, with features from Hayley Williams and Jimmy Eat World’s Jim Adkins. — Jonathan Bernstein, Rolling Stone, 9 Sep. 2025 And if that sometimes makes the album seem like a survey course in British underground music of the last 40 years, well, seldom has getting educated been such a blast. — Reed Jackson, SPIN, 22 Apr. 2024 See All Example Sentences for survey course
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  1. seminar
  2. clinic
  3. institute
Noun
  • In lectures and seminars, his cleft palate caused his voice to be muted and his pronunciation at times unclear.
    — Peter E. Gordon, The New York Review of Books, 3 Oct. 2026
  • Some 20 years ago, Mary-Claire King was asked to hold a seminar at the Karolinska Institutet in Stockholm.
    — Annalisa Merelli, STAT, 2 Oct. 2026
Definition of seminar
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  • The clinic also suggests swapping garlic and onions for herbs and spices if those foods trigger odor.
    — Samantha Agate, Charlotte Observer, 6 Oct. 2026
  • Pneumonic plague is always fatal unless treated, the clinic said.
    — Don Sweeney, Sacbee.com, 6 Oct. 2026
Definition of clinic
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  • The institute’s annual watch list is one of the sources that most informs pundits and punters about the top contenders.
    — Mark Lewis, Fortune, 2 Oct. 2026
  • Indeed, Monét says her album was indelibly shaped by her time at the culinary institute.
    — Mikael Wood, Los Angeles Times, 2 Oct. 2026
Definition of institute

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