two plus two

two plus two
 n.β€” Β«Students avail themselves of such options as β€œtwo plus two”—attending community college for two years, then transferring to a four-year college for the remaining twoβ€”and β€œdistance education,” in which they take courses online or otherwise seek degrees at a distance from the institution offering them.Β» β€”β€œMissing Middle” by Michael Massing Columbia Journalism Review Apr., 2007. (source: Double-Tongued Dictionary)

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