syllabi

noun

variants or syllabuses
plural of syllabus
as in surveys
a list of the topics or books that will be studied in a course started the first class by going over the syllabus

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Recent Examples of syllabi The same restraint applies to professors, who will not be permitted to employ AI to write syllabuses or course materials. — The Editorial Board, Chicago Tribune, 28 Aug. 2026 Her gift also includes 300 works from her personal art collection, amassed via a combination of trades, gifts, and purchases, as well as her teaching materials and syllabi from her three-decade tenure at the School of the Art Institute of Chicago. — Maximilíano Durón, ARTnews.com, 3 Aug. 2026 The same habits shape syllabi, theatre histories, catalogues, footnotes—the professional instinct that makes one document serious and another merely interesting. — Literary Hub, 26 June 2026 Monuments, syllabi, grant priorities—these are not sacred relics but civic choices. — The Atlantic, 16 June 2026 Professors are censoring themselves in lectures and rewriting syllabuses. — Bruce Schneier, The Conversation, 27 May 2026 Students also pointed out to the Republic that their class syllabi had strict rules about the use of AI in academic work; Reiner said students can be punished or expelled for it. — Jeanine Santucci, USA Today, 23 May 2026 This fall, all syllabuses for all classes will be publicly available. — Matt Boedy, AJC.com, 18 May 2026 Department web pages list program outcomes—syllabi often will list the specific learning outcomes. — Jay Caspian Kang, New Yorker, 12 May 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for syllabi
  1. surveys
  2. sketches
  3. outlines
  4. summaries
  5. overviews
Noun
  • Ground surveys can provide more detailed information at a particular site, but covering an entire subway corridor that way would be difficult.
    — Rupendra Brahambhatt, Interesting Engineering, 29 Aug. 2026
  • The second and third surveys will focus on dark matter and dark energy.
    — Denise Chow, NBC news, 29 Aug. 2026
Definition of surveys
Noun
  • The baseball player, entertainer and social media personality rose to fame with the exhibition barnstorming baseball team, which puts on dance routines, comedy sketches and more.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 2 Sep. 2026
  • Some historians point to one of Leonardo’s sketches from about the same time that show a David-like nude with a leaf over its groin, arguing that Leonardo wanted Michelangelo’s masterpiece modestly concealed.
    — Alicja Zelazko, Encyclopedia Britannica, 2 Sep. 2026
Definition of sketches
Noun
  • Gold chrome accents and outlines give this look a glam finish.
    — Amanda Le, InStyle, 28 Aug. 2026
  • Abrams said the broad outlines of a war with Iran, including it contesting the Strait of Hormuz, were well understood in national security circles before the fighting began.
    — Steven Beynon, ABC News, 27 Aug. 2026
Definition of outlines
Noun
  • The memo provides a summary of the agreement between Google and Entergy, as well as summaries of testimony provided by Entergy officials in support of the contract.
    — Sydney Sasser, Arkansas Online, 1 Sep. 2026
  • Structuring this with clean schema, FAQs and listicles ensures both AI summaries and real searchers choose our client’s sites.
    — Expert Panel®, Forbes.com, 28 Aug. 2026
Definition of summaries
Noun
  • Under its competition rule book, the bloc has also started an investigation into AI services, including whether Google breached EU competition rules in its use of AI overviews.
    — Barbara Moens, ArsTechnica, 31 Aug. 2026
  • Students can then create flashcards, quizzes, study guides, audio overviews and infographics from resources selected by their teacher.
    — Dan Fitzpatrick, Forbes.com, 22 Aug. 2026
Definition of overviews

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“Syllabi.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/syllabi. Accessed 5 Sep. 2026.

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