How to Use syllabus in a Sentence

syllabus

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  • Just be sure to pick up a copy of the syllabus on your way out.
    — Hua Hsu, The New Yorker, 22 Oct. 2020
  • Is there sort of like a syllabus to go with each season of the show?
    — Mark Olsen, Los Angeles Times, 26 July 2022
  • Read the entire syllabus for an advanced course in the art of B.S. here.
    — Alex French, Esquire, 24 Aug. 2017
  • Read the entire syllabus for an advanced course in the art of B.S. here.
    — Alan Richman, Esquire, 1 Sep. 2017
  • But the video games are now part of the permanent syllabus.
    — Robin George Andrews, Wired, 15 May 2021
  • An instructor can just give the students the URL in the syllabus.
    — Sean Carroll, Discover Magazine, 21 May 2012
  • The Decameron was on the syllabus, and at the end of the semester, each student told a story for the rest of the class.
    — E. Alex Jung, Vulture, 12 Oct. 2021
  • Fanon lives on, too, as a mainstay of the college syllabus and the rebel’s bookshelf.
    — Daniel Immerwahr, The New Yorker, 8 Jan. 2024
  • The class and its syllabus strike her as if designed solely for her.
    — Sophie Haigney, The New Republic, 23 May 2022
  • In the first few months, McCain sketched out a syllabus to teach the Afghan pilots and learned their stories.
    — Dan Lamothe, Washington Post, 25 Aug. 2019
  • There's no word on a syllabus, but Arab News reports that the class will be a one-day session.
    — Lauren Rearick, Teen Vogue, 5 Sep. 2018
  • Professor Malan, in an email, said the guidelines in the course syllabus were clear.
    — Jess Bidgood and Jeremy B. Merrill, New York Times, 29 May 2017
  • Review your course syllabus during the first week of class.
    — Leslie Goldman, Parents, 22 Jan. 2023
  • But sometimes the mask falls and the syllabus reveals itself.
    — Kathryn Vanarendonk, Vulture, 14 Apr. 2024
  • This student has known about this short assignment since the first day of class, 14 weeks ago, thanks to the syllabus.
    — Nicholas Ivor Martin and Jacobina Martin, oregonlive, 21 Feb. 2023
  • Is there a syllabus to prepare for something like this?
    — Adam Rathe, Town & Country, 1 Dec. 2017
  • In a low, monotone voice, Gómez Quiñones read through the syllabus with all the enthusiasm of a chair.
    — Gustavo Arellano, Los Angeles Times, 17 Nov. 2020
  • Each course comes with an in-depth syllabus, lesson plans, and even homework.
    — Stacey Leasca, Travel + Leisure, 10 Apr. 2020
  • Here’s a look ahead at some of the new offerings students can expect on the syllabus.
    — Lindsay Ellis, WSJ, 4 Aug. 2022
  • In this respect, Putting the Rabbit in the Hat is an exemplary syllabus.
    — Jo Livingstone, The New Republic, 27 Jan. 2022
  • In class, along came a unit on meteorites, a new addition to the syllabus.
    — Robin George Andrews, Wired, 15 May 2021
  • That means on-camera performance is part of the syllabus.
    — Dan Singer, Dallas News, 2 Apr. 2021
  • In lieu of a beauty-centric syllabus, here’s everything to get the look.
    — Jenna Rennert, Vogue, 18 Aug. 2017
  • New grads in the workplace no longer have a syllabus with due dates and immediate feedback in the form of grades.
    — Food Drink Life, Hartford Courant, 28 May 2024
  • That could change when reforms to the Hum syllabus are announced this fall, but for now, the lecture hall is free of protesters.
    — Chris Bodenner, The Atlantic, 2 Nov. 2017
  • But his speech was probably much longer, researchers believe, based on a 1945 syllabus for the class.
    — Matthew Haag, New York Times, 11 May 2017
  • The 2017 Tiger Band handbook and syllabus explains this further.
    — Chelsea Brasted, NOLA.com, 9 May 2018
  • Often, this is not the first thought on students’ minds while reading the syllabus of their upcoming course.
    — Maja Zelihic, Forbes, 26 Feb. 2024
  • The references all remain the same, what was on the syllabus in some New York liberal college in 1963.
    — Stephen Marche, Esquire, 25 July 2014
  • From jokes about students not reading the syllabus or the pain of peer review to Mark Wahlberg–inspired research memes, their posts bring smiles and eye-rolls.
    — Colleen Flaherty, Slate Magazine, 10 Feb. 2017

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