correspondence course
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of correspondence course
First recorded in 1900–05
Example Sentences
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After taking an architectural correspondence course and apprenticeship in his teens, the cocksure Ritchie had designed banks, opera houses and courthouses throughout Kansas by his early 20s.
From Seattle Times • May 11, 2023
That must have been one hell of a correspondence course.
From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 16, 2023
While working at Vogue, Didion took a correspondence course in shopping-center theory and fantasized about building her own mall, which would include Chinese restaurants, Mylar kites and “bands of small girls playing tambourine.”
From New York Times • Jun. 15, 2022
Perhaps Dirda has forgotten what he learned in the correspondence course in fundamental economics he took when he was 14.
From Washington Post • Jan. 8, 2021
“Mrs. Levy won’t let us retire her. She thinks it’s better for Miss Trixie to keep active. Mrs. Levy is a brilliant, educated woman. She’s taken a correspondence course in psychology.”
From "A Confederacy of Dunces" by John Kennedy Toole
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