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
The twins decide to enroll in a writing correspondence course, which is both their salvation and their downfall.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 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
To help support his parents and four siblings, Philip left school at 14 to apprentice at his uncle’s hairdressing salon, then enrolled in a correspondence course at Britain’s Institute of Trichologists.
From New York Times ● Sep. 7, 2016
This started what became a kind of correspondence course with the prisoners in the general section.
From "Long Walk to Freedom" by Nelson Mandela
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