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home study

American  

noun

  1. instruction in a subject given by mail and addressed to a student's home.


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Guthy had made a living duplicating audiocassettes for medical conferences and real estate professionals selling home study programs who would then turn around and sell them to customers for hundreds of dollars on infomercials.

From Slate Feb. 21, 2025

There have been 22 patients like Lynn participating in a home study, complemented by regulatory approval trials involving 470 patients.

From BBC May 10, 2024

Ortega de Ceballos, who emigrated from Mexico in the 1980s, started working two jobs, in part so she could help her sister back home study at a university.

From Los Angeles Times Jul. 7, 2023

The bulk of what I've learned came through family and friends, a lot of dedicated home study and even more trial and error.

From Salon Jan. 8, 2022

The drama of the Restoration, aside from the time-consuming reading required, was easy to manage after her home study of Shakespeare.

From "A Tree Grows in Brooklyn" by Betty Smith

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