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noun
a long essay, report, or the like, written by a student as an assignment over the course of a term or semester.
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Origin of term paper
First recorded in 1925–30
Words nearby term paper
termless, term life insurance, term limit, term of art, termor, term paper, term policy, terms, terms of service, terms of trade, termwise
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How to use term paper in a sentence
He turned that down — “I immediately thought back to college and writing term papers at the very last minute,” Redick recalled — but when Wojnarowski asked him to try a podcast, he gave it a go.
That awakening, he says, led to a 180-page term paper on the balance of world power.
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