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academic year

noun

the customary annual period of instruction at a college, university, etc., running approximately from September to June.

First recorded in 1930–35

But a person close to the Obamas says they have also considered allowing them to finish up the academic year in Chicago.

At Louis-le-Grand there were verses and discourses in Greek at the closing of the academic year.

It is also the name for the annual act, or Encaenia, the ceremonial closing of the academic year at Oxford University.

The past month has been distinguished by the annual commencements of the academic year in most of the colleges of the country.

The academic year ran from October to September, and elementary and secondary classes ended at the end of May.

The academic year closes on the last Wednesday but one in June, and consists of three terms.

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