syllabi

noun

variants or syllabuses
plural of syllabus
as in surveys
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 syllabi In the midst of the rush to finish my syllabi and opening week assignments, as my husband shuffled the kids into their sneakers and Crocs and the car for one last back-to-school outing, everything stopped. — Literary Hub, 5 Oct. 2026 The same restraint applies to professors, who will not be permitted to employ AI to write syllabuses or course materials. — The Editorial Board, Chicago Tribune, 28 Aug. 2026 Her gift also includes 300 works from her personal art collection, amassed via a combination of trades, gifts, and purchases, as well as her teaching materials and syllabi from her three-decade tenure at the School of the Art Institute of Chicago. — Maximilíano Durón, ARTnews.com, 3 Aug. 2026 Monuments, syllabi, grant priorities—these are not sacred relics but civic choices. — The Atlantic, 16 June 2026 Professors are censoring themselves in lectures and rewriting syllabuses. — Bruce Schneier, The Conversation, 27 May 2026 Students also pointed out to the Republic that their class syllabi had strict rules about the use of AI in academic work; Reiner said students can be punished or expelled for it. — Jeanine Santucci, USA Today, 23 May 2026 This fall, all syllabuses for all classes will be publicly available. — Matt Boedy, AJC.com, 18 May 2026 Department web pages list program outcomes—syllabi often will list the specific learning outcomes. — Jay Caspian Kang, New Yorker, 12 May 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for syllabi
  1. surveys
  2. sketches
  3. outlines
  4. summaries
  5. overviews
Noun
  • That list was culled to 1,015 firms, and finalists completed surveys to confirm key details.
    — Kate Dore, CFP®, EA,Kelli Grant, CFP®, CNBC, 8 Oct. 2026
  • Multiple surveys now show almost two-thirds of Americans disapprove of how Trump is doing his job.
    — Philip Elliott, Time, 8 Oct. 2026
Definition of surveys
Noun
  • Alex and Phoebe and Christian were writing and making sketches of stuff.
    — Christine Werthman, Billboard, 5 Oct. 2026
  • Sotheby’s said Turner based the painting on sketches made during an 1828 visit and probably began it in Rome before completing it in London for exhibition at the Royal Academy.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 29 Sep. 2026
Definition of sketches
Noun
  • Lichtenstein rose to prominence for canvases that drew inspiration from bold black outlines, flat bright colors, and fields of dots that defined commercial printing across comic books, advertisements, and newspapers.
    — Francesca Aton, ARTnews.com, 7 Oct. 2026
  • Love Days retraces the outlines of Ettie’s life through the story of Susanna Moore.
    — Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 5 Oct. 2026
Definition of outlines
Noun
  • Many users express frustration with AI's inaccuracies, misleading information, and the intrusive nature of AI summaries.
    — Rob Pegoraro, Washington Post, 2 Oct. 2026
  • Agentic systems require enterprises to understand where personal data is transformed into summaries, classifications, profiles, embeddings or other persistent outputs that may still relate to an individual.
    — Kobi Nissan, Forbes.com, 2 Oct. 2026
Definition of summaries
Noun
  • The companies accused Google of antitrust violations in products like AI overviews, which have led to decreasing traffic at numerous sites.
    — Ryan Whitwam, ArsTechnica, 1 Oct. 2026
  • Students can then create flashcards, quizzes, study guides, audio overviews and infographics from resources selected by their teacher.
    — Dan Fitzpatrick, Forbes.com, 22 Aug. 2026
Definition of overviews

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“Syllabi.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/syllabi. Accessed 10 Oct. 2026.

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