graduate

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Definition of graduatenext
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 Accounting giant Deloitte, for example, is redesigning its graduate audit training as AI takes over some of the manual work traditionally done by junior auditors. — Murugan Anandarajan, The Conversation, 15 Oct. 2026 For nonconference games, fines are paid to the SEC's Post-graduate Scholarship Fund. — ABC News, 12 Oct. 2026 At the graduate level, the program will offer a master’s degree in Fashion and Luxury Brand Management. — Andrea Onate, Footwear News, 9 Oct. 2026 During the interim period between presidents, the university convened a committee to find short-term solutions to some issues such as the reductions in graduate students and grant funding. — Sophia Solano, Washington Post, 9 Oct. 2026 See All Example Sentences for graduate
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postgraduate
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  • Between 1968 and 1999, Jaray ran the postgraduate course at Slade, where her pupils included Turner Prize–winning British artist Martin Creed, among many others.
    — Anne Doran, ARTnews.com, 25 June 2026
  • His six-year college career included an undergraduate stint at Notre Dame and two postgraduate seasons at California following a medical redshirt and pandemic waiver, when the NCAA gave thousands of athletes an extra year.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 23 June 2026
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“Graduate.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/graduate. Accessed 21 Oct. 2026.

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