How to Use term paper in a Sentence

term paper

noun
  • I have a term paper due next week.
  • Some people are using it, and shouldn't be, to write their term papers.
    — Taylor Wilson, USA TODAY, 27 Feb. 2023
  • So the kids write their term papers and throw their tame ragers, while the parents claim the right to act out.
    — Ben Falcone, New York Times, 10 May 2018
  • That said, if Prager’s new book were a term paper, his teacher would have a lot to say.
    — Jessica Winter, New Yorker, 27 Feb. 2026
  • Someone could write a term paper on the overlap between the books.
    — Dwight Garner, New York Times, 26 Apr. 2021
  • Perhaps that’s because no one asks for a term paper on arrival.
    — Jennifer Fernandez, ELLE Decor, 2 Apr. 2018
  • The punch makes holes in the plastic term paper covers that are fastened to the posts.
    — Steve Rubenstein, SFChronicle.com, 11 Apr. 2020
  • How often would those sources be acceptable on an eighth-grade term paper?
    — Geoffrey A. Fowler, Washington Post, 1 Apr. 2024
  • With regard to proof, letters to the editor are not term papers.
    — Voice Of The People, New York Daily News, 9 May 2026
  • Short-term paper instruments have to be repaid within a year from the date of issue.
    — Rodrigo Olivares-Caminal, Quartz Africa, 11 May 2020
  • No one, after all, loves the professor who grades the term paper or final essay.
    — Brian Steinberg, Variety, 14 May 2022
  • His term papers were all on corruption in the Navy, a subject his peers wanted to avoid.
    — Joseph Hincks / Manila, Time, 27 Oct. 2017
  • The chatbot that millions of people have used to write term papers, computer code and fairy tales doesn’t just do words.
    — Kashmir Hill, New York Times, 18 July 2023
  • Miss the college experience but not the term papers and exams?
    — charlotteobserver, 24 Oct. 2017
  • But our equivalent for a three-thousand-word term paper was about three minutes of using your microwave.
    — Caroline Mimbs Nyce, New Yorker, 30 Oct. 2025
  • Later, she is assigned to collaborate on a guidebook and write a term paper.
    — Los Angeles Times, 22 Apr. 2026
  • Did that student write that term paper, or was it generated by AI?
    — John Blake, CNN, 12 Apr. 2024
  • And there’s both frustration and elation because final exams and term papers were dropped.
    — Leslie Anne Tarabella, al, 21 Apr. 2020
  • In other words, don't base your Hamilton term paper solely on the musical.
    — Jim Higgins, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 24 Oct. 2019
  • But the film has all the subtlety of a term paper, even if the earliest scenes suggest otherwise.
    — David Sims, The Atlantic, 26 Sep. 2017
  • The concept was spelled out in a term paper during his time at Yale University.
    — Paul Ziobro, WSJ, 28 Mar. 2022
  • When asked to grade the Rams’ offseason, Snead answered by comparing it to a term paper.
    — Gary Klein Staff Writer, Los Angeles Times, 1 Sep. 2021
  • There are a lot of companies providing research paper & term paper writing services out there, and not all of them are good.
    — Ocasio Media, The Salt Lake Tribune, 16 Dec. 2022
  • One inspiring Texas high school teacher is bringing a whole lot more than term papers and pop quizzes to his Austin classroom.
    — Meghan Overdeep, Southern Living, 8 Mar. 2018
  • The syllabus had assignments laid out for each day until Christmas break, naming times and places for midterms and a large term paper as well.
    — Kendra James, Town & Country, 27 Jan. 2022
  • Her book, now on sale, blends light moments and sociological facts, the sweet spot between a funny blog post and a term paper.
    — Dewayne Bevil, The Orlando Sentinel, 5 Aug. 2025
  • Whether drafting a term paper or the next great American novel, Scrivener 3 is here to help.
    — Stackcommerce Team, PCMAG, 19 Apr. 2023
  • FedEx founder Fred Smith, who came up with the idea for his company while writing a term paper at Yale.
    — Matt Durot, Forbes, 17 Oct. 2021
  • Think of term papers as a way to research areas that relate to your career goals, the projects could help open the doors of meeting people in the marketplace.
    — Kimberly Thompson, Houston Chronicle, 23 Aug. 2019
  • One of the biggest takeaways that students write about in their end of term papers is that the experience is so real, a news release noted.
    — Milwaukee, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 1 Sep. 2017

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