as in graduate
of or relating to studies done after earning a bachelor's degree or other degree
After college, she spent her first postgraduate year studying abroad.
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Recent Examples of postgraduate
Walter Loeb, Forbes, 16 June 2022
The University of California and 48,000 people who work as teachers and researchers while earning postgraduate degrees came to a tentative labor agreement Friday, both sides announced.
—Dennis Romero, NBC News, 17 Dec. 2022
Ct Jones, Rolling Stone, 6 Mar. 2025
An Illinois native, a young White ditched a postgraduate program at Harvard to follow his lover to New York—a city he’s called home since 1962.
—airmail.news, 1 Feb. 2025
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Adjective
Academia is important for a few reasons; this community generates studies that influence company actions or consumer choices and also often awakens young people to be creative in their postgraduate years.
—Walter Loeb, Forbes, 16 June 2022
The University of California and 48,000 people who work as teachers and researchers while earning postgraduate degrees came to a tentative labor agreement Friday, both sides announced.
—Dennis Romero, NBC News, 17 Dec. 2022
Noun
Journalists go through years of training in undergraduate and postgraduate programs, as well as fellowships, and early-career positions.
—Ct Jones, Rolling Stone, 6 Mar. 2025
An Illinois native, a young White ditched a postgraduate program at Harvard to follow his lover to New York—a city he’s called home since 1962.
—airmail.news, 1 Feb. 2025
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Earlier this week, the University of Connecticut confirmed that 13 students — six undergrads, six graduate students and one person in a post-graduate professional program — had seen their visa status terminated by federal authorities.—
Emilia Otte,
Hartford Courant,
18 Apr. 2025
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Two graduate students at Montana State University, Bozeman, on Tuesday were granted a temporary restraining order by a federal judge in Montana, restoring their legal status and shielding them from efforts to remove them from the United States.—
Jaweed Kaleem,
Los Angeles Times,
17 Apr. 2025
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As an undergraduate, a professor also gave him a piece of advice that would launch him on a career path.—
Jay Weaver,
Miami Herald,
26 Apr. 2025
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High-impact undergraduate research mentoring thrives at these universities.—
Bryan Penprase,
Forbes.com,
24 Apr. 2025
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Yemane’s academic ambitions led him to study architecture, earning both undergraduate and master’s degrees.—
William Jones,
USA Today,
19 Apr. 2025
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The law says funds must go to traditional academic expenses like private school tuition or homeschool curricula and textbooks, plus a few other costs like transportation.—
Audrey Dutton,
ProPublica,
18 Apr. 2025
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Grad student Belle Lanpher, who averaged 22.3 points per game, became Central’s first-ever conference player of the year.—
Dom Amore,
Hartford Courant,
28 Apr. 2025
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However, according to Johnson, students will have more success by shaping their identity first and then searching for a fit.—
Eric Wood,
Forbes.com,
28 Apr. 2025
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“Postgraduate.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/postgraduate. Accessed 2 May. 2025.
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