Synchronous learning refers to instructors and students gathering at the same time and (virtual or physical) place and interacting in “real-time”. Asynchronous learning refers to students accessing materials at their own pace and interacting with each other over longer periods.

Academic tenure refers to the permanent appointment of faculty members in institutions of higher education, such that they can only be dismissed from their positions for highly serious forms of misconduct or due to extraordinary circumstances like programme discontinuation. Generally, firing staff with tenure is rather difficult although not impossible, and often requires there to have been a criminal charge. Tenure is usually granted on the basis of research published, service length or the ability to gain significant external funding for the institution that they work in.

Political conditionality in foreign aid refers to donors attaching political reforms as a prerequisite for receiving assistance, for example political reforms, affecting recipient countries' governing systems, requiring democracy, human rights and 'good governance'. This is distinct from economic conditionality

The International Criminal Court is an intergovernmental organization and international tribunal that investigates and, where warranted, tries individuals charged with the gravest crimes of concern to the international community such as genocide, war crimes and crimes against humanity. It currently relies on national governments to arrest and surrender criminals it is seeking to prosecute.

In the book They Both Die at The End, the "Death Cast" calls everyone to notify them of their own impending deaths, but without disclosing the cause of death and only on the day when they will certainly and inevitably die.