as in ladder
a scheme of rank or order
had a graduation of testing levels into which to divide the students
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Recent Examples of graduation
Even Hollywood royalty has taken the long route to graduation.
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Preston Fore, Fortune, 20 May 2026
Schools that have higher concentrations of students of color saw worse outcomes on metrics like graduation and college matriculation.
—Annie Ma, Los Angeles Times, 20 May 2026
According to the district’s graduation schedule, Killeen High School’s graduation ceremony is set for May 29.
—Anthony Thompson, USA Today, 20 May 2026
In the pictures, Billy can be seen standing taller than his dad, wearing his graduation regalia.
—Hannah Sacks, PEOPLE, 19 May 2026
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Preston Fore, Fortune, 20 May 2026
Schools that have higher concentrations of students of color saw worse outcomes on metrics like graduation and college matriculation.
—Annie Ma, Los Angeles Times, 20 May 2026
According to the district’s graduation schedule, Killeen High School’s graduation ceremony is set for May 29.
—Anthony Thompson, USA Today, 20 May 2026
In the pictures, Billy can be seen standing taller than his dad, wearing his graduation regalia.
—Hannah Sacks, PEOPLE, 19 May 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for graduation
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In other Western countries, many feel resigned to a lifetime of renting with little hope of following their parents and grandparents’ footsteps up the property ladder.—
Chris Lau,
CNN Money,
18 May 2026
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The Wall Street wine guys of the eighties, now elderly, seem to be pulling the ladder up behind them.—
Hannah Goldfield,
New Yorker,
18 May 2026
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The descendants of successionists and their admirers attempting to re-establish racial hierarchy in America.—
Chadd Scott,
Forbes.com,
18 May 2026
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Aubameyang, who at 36 is the oldest player in Marseille’s squad, apologised to Tahri and the club hierarchy.—
Tom Williams,
New York Times,
17 May 2026
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However, there is no definitive national ranking from 2013 showing Los Angeles and New York City tied as the safest big cities in the country.—
James Ward,
USA Today,
15 May 2026
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The slightly lower ranking came amid recent La Nina conditions, which typically cause a temporary dip in global average temperatures.—
Dan Peck,
ABC News,
14 May 2026
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Local health leadership emphasizes that the sheer scale of preparation required for this global tournament is unprecedented for the city's modern hospitality industry.—
La'Tasha Givens,
CBS News,
19 May 2026
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The 21st-century fervor about building the first industrial-scale quantum computer, pioneering theoretical physicist Peter Zoller says, is akin to the 20th-century obsession with becoming the first to conquer Mount Everest.—
Zeeya Merali,
Scientific American,
19 May 2026
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At the Yale University Art Gallery, which is showing the complete series in the photographer’s largest exhibition yet, the images are hung in tall, orderly grids, like a periodic table of the human elements.—
Max Norman,
New Yorker,
21 May 2026
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Nadal follows the likes of Naomi Osaka, Carlos Alcaraz, Roger Federer and Serena Williams in documenting his career and its end, but he is not listed as a producer on the series.—
Ava Wallace,
New York Times,
21 May 2026
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“Graduation.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/graduation. Accessed 22 May. 2026.
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