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tuition

noun

tə-ˈwi-shən

Definition of tuition

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the act or process of imparting knowledge or skills to another a private tutor handled the tuition of their children

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Recent Examples of tuition This year, with state funding for private school tuition payments coming into play, Uplift has seen no downturn for its charters yet, claiming high student achievement for free is what parents want — and students get. — Steve Pickett, CBS News, 17 Aug. 2026 The nonprofit has a roughly $200,000 annual budget, and 40% of its budget comes from tuition, roughly 40% from individual donations and about 20% from grants. — Francine Knowles, Chicago Tribune, 17 Aug. 2026 Infant tuition for two had already been unaffordable, so the family placed the 1-year-olds with a nanny instead, at $7,000 a month. — Kate Sequeira, Los Angeles Times, 17 Aug. 2026 College makes money tight between tuition, textbooks and other school expenses. — Amaia Gavica, Miami Herald, 15 Aug. 2026 See All Example Sentences for tuition

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The federal law generally prohibits schools that receive federal education funding from disclosing personally identifiable information from a student's education records without a parent's or guardian's consent, except in limited circumstances.

— Adam Thompson, CBS News, 20 Aug. 2026
Democrats say the flip indicates voters want education to move on from political fights over social issues, while conservatives point to their wins.

— Lauren Lumpkin, Washington Post, 20 Aug. 2026

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Kirsten described disputes over parenting time, medical expenses, schooling and religious decisions involving Bridegan’s twins.

— Greg Wehner, FOXNews.com, 18 Aug. 2026
After five years of harsh restrictions by the Taliban regime, fathers, mothers, and daughters across Afghanistan hold fast to the vision of unlocking independent inquiry and thinking through schooling.

— The Christian Science Monitor, Christian Science Monitor, 17 Aug. 2026

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So, there was no real risk that a court AI system might confuse any of Elliott’s prompts as instructions from the court directing an AI model on how to read Elliott’s filings.

— Ashley Belanger, ArsTechnica, 14 Aug. 2026
Two of his landmark papers, published in 2025 and 2026 in Science, point to a radical redistribution of the cells that make up the body as mammals age, and describe some of the epigenomic instructions that guide this process.

— Ingrid Wickelgren, Quanta Magazine, 14 Aug. 2026

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