as in postgraduate
of or relating to schooling done after earning a bachelor's degree
The team is conducting graduate research on the effects of climate change. She plans to begin graduate school in the fall.
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Recent Examples of graduate
The funds also support the careers of graduate students, a large share of whom eventually work in the technology industry, said Greg Hager, the former head of the N.S.F.’s Computer and Information Science and Engineering Directorate, who resigned from the agency this month.
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Aatish Bhatia, New York Times, 22 May 2025
Undergraduate residents continue to pay $227 per semester credit hour, while non-residents pay $654; graduate students pay $335, while non-residents pay $759; the law school charges $459 for Arkansans, and $1,006 for non-residents.
—Ryan Anderson, Arkansas Online, 22 May 2025
Marking its tenth anniversary, this year’s festival features its broadest representation of film programs to date, with graduate student filmmakers from a growing list of distinguished institutions.
—Katcy Stephan, Variety, 21 May 2025
Each fight is like a graduate thesis in the making, about ideologies and cultural norms and the practice of community belonging in a digital era.
—Kathryn Vanarendonk, Vulture, 19 May 2025
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Aatish Bhatia, New York Times, 22 May 2025
Undergraduate residents continue to pay $227 per semester credit hour, while non-residents pay $654; graduate students pay $335, while non-residents pay $759; the law school charges $459 for Arkansans, and $1,006 for non-residents.
—Ryan Anderson, Arkansas Online, 22 May 2025
Marking its tenth anniversary, this year’s festival features its broadest representation of film programs to date, with graduate student filmmakers from a growing list of distinguished institutions.
—Katcy Stephan, Variety, 21 May 2025
Each fight is like a graduate thesis in the making, about ideologies and cultural norms and the practice of community belonging in a digital era.
—Kathryn Vanarendonk, Vulture, 19 May 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for graduate
postgraduate
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By Luke Jostins, a postgraduate student working on the genetic basis of complex autoimmune diseases.—
Guest Blogger,
Discover Magazine,
16 Apr. 2012
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At the same time, Ms. Hager showed a postgraduate appetite for media ventures on her terms.—
Matt Flegenheimer,
New York Times,
21 Dec. 2022
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“Graduate.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/graduate. Accessed 3 Jun. 2025.
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