in the first semester vs during the first semester

Both 'in the first semester' and 'during the first semester' are correct and commonly used. They can be used interchangeably to refer to a specific period within the academic year. The choice between them depends on the writer's personal preference or the context in which they are used.

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in the first semester

This phrase is correct and commonly used to refer to a specific period within the academic year.

This phrase is used to indicate an event or action that occurs within the timeframe of the first semester of an academic year.

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The Bank has maintained a sustained rhythm in 2014, with [...] closures already completed in the first semester.
Will we be studying operant conditioning in the first semester?
However, it is clear that prices have not recovered in the first semester of 2004.
To this end, and at the latest in the first semester of the last year of each five-year period, the Commission shall reassess the operation and effectiveness of the financial guidelines and shall propose any appropriate amendments.
Internal work has now been launched to translate the commitments contained in the consensus into a draft action plan that should be presented in the first semester of 2008.
The next road safety action plan that the Commission plans to approve in the first semester of 2010 and which will cover the period 2011-20 will need to keep mobilising energies to further reduce the number of fatalities but also to address the question of injuries.
The Monitoring Committee of the Operational Programme has informed the Commission that implementation of the TAXIS project as a whole has already been completed in the first semester of 2001 according to the timetable agreed.
In reply to the Honourable Member, the Council would like to recall that HIV/AIDS has been chosen as the main health policy topic of the German Presidency in the first semester of 2007.
The measles outbreak in Austria, which took important proportions in the first semester of the year, was most likely linked to a large outbreak in Switzerland, where more than 2000 cases have been reported since November 2007.
In order to be able to monitor the contribution of FP7 to sustainable development, in general, and to green technology, in particular, the Commission is setting in place a monitoring system that should be operational in the first semester of next year.
We would like the Directives to be adopted, even, if possible, in the first semester of the Spanish Presidency, but in any case, up and running by the end of 2010.
COSAC ordinary meetings could include the presentation by the President of the European Commission of his institution's Annual Working Program in the first semester and an assessment of the Commission's activities in the course of the year in the second semester.
and at the latest in the first semester of the last year of each five-year period,
Individual beneficiary countries as follows (1 two-day workshop in the first semester of 2008 and one in first semester of 2009):
In the first semester of 2010, the Spanish Presidency will host a thematic conference on the mental health of older people.
In the first semester of a given year, Members of the Commission shall undertake an ongoing regular dialogue with the corresponding parliamentary committees on the implementation of the Commission Work Programme for that year and on the preparation of the future Commission Work Programme.
The Commission received this revised proposal in September 2004. In order to convene an Amendment Conference the IAEA has to receive a request from the majority of States Parties to the CPPNM. The needed majority will probably be reached in the first semester of 2005.
The call for tender, to be launched in the first semester of 2010, will comprise two lots, the first one focussing on the in-depth assessment of the European Textile and Clothing sector and the second one on the in-depth assessment of the European Footwear sector.
As regards the "Preparedness" and "Prevention" objectives, the implementation rate is felt to be satisfactory, with an implementation rate of 87,8 % on the EUR 16525000 covering the calls for proposals and calls for tender published in the first semester of 2008.
We worked very closely with the Spanish presidency in the first semester of last year to achieve this, and it was a very important step forward.

Alternatives:

during the first semester
in semester one
in the initial semester
in the first term
in the beginning of the semester

during the first semester