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
Iranian authorities on Monday hanged a post-graduate student from an elite Tehran university on charges of espionage, the latest in a spate of executions against the backdrop of the war against the United States and Israel.
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CBS News, 11 May 2026
In the summer of 2023, at the end of his third year of graduate school at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Ilango was growing increasingly interested in an arcane subfield of complexity theory called proof complexity.
—Ben Brubaker, Quanta Magazine, 11 May 2026
The principal donation will go towards endowing the Met’s long-standing internships for undergraduate and graduate students in perpetuity.
—News Desk, Artforum, 4 May 2026
Other graduate students, including those in nursing, accounting, and education, may borrow up to $20,500 per year, with a lifetime limit of $100,000.
—Preston Fore, Fortune, 3 May 2026
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CBS News, 11 May 2026
In the summer of 2023, at the end of his third year of graduate school at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Ilango was growing increasingly interested in an arcane subfield of complexity theory called proof complexity.
—Ben Brubaker, Quanta Magazine, 11 May 2026
The principal donation will go towards endowing the Met’s long-standing internships for undergraduate and graduate students in perpetuity.
—News Desk, Artforum, 4 May 2026
Other graduate students, including those in nursing, accounting, and education, may borrow up to $20,500 per year, with a lifetime limit of $100,000.
—Preston Fore, Fortune, 3 May 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for graduate
postgraduate
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Satya Marar is a postgraduate research fellow at the Mercatus Center at George Mason University, an AI and antitrust fellow at Innovators Network, and a Young Voices contributor.—
Satya Marar,
Oc Register,
17 Apr. 2026
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Proceeds from the evening will support the Whitney’s Independent Study Program, which supports emerging curators and artists at the postgraduate level.—
Kristen Tauer,
Footwear News,
15 Dec. 2025
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“Graduate.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/graduate. Accessed 24 May. 2026.
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