correspondence course
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of correspondence course
First recorded in 1900–05
Example Sentences
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Over the next decade, this man, who studied engineering by correspondence course, was responsible for the nine exquisite bridges that spanned the L.A.
From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 16, 2023
In high school, Kingsolver took a correspondence course in philosophy, read Hume, Kant and Tolstoy when her peers were making out in cars, and won a piano scholarship to DePauw University in Indiana.
From New York Times ● Oct. 14, 2022
In Alaska, they are counted as present whether or not they log on, with the state viewingremote learning as similar to a correspondence course.
From Seattle Times ● Mar. 15, 2021
Mr. Moi eventually received a certificate in public accounting from London through a correspondence course, and in 1945, he began a career in government schools as a teacher and administrator.
From Washington Post ● Feb. 3, 2020
She had always had to settle for Miss Trixie at a distance, an unsatisfactory arrangement for carrying out the program outlined in the psychology correspondence course, the final examination of which she had failed resoundingly.
From "A Confederacy of Dunces" by John Kennedy Toole
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