postgraduates

Definition of postgraduatesnext
plural of postgraduate

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Noun
  • The move — which was not originally on the agenda for the State University System’s Board of Governors — will effectively relegate introductory sociology to an elective starting this fall, removing it from the core curriculum taken by most undergraduates.
    Garrett Shanley, Miami Herald, 26 Mar. 2026
  • Harvard waives tuition entirely for undergraduates whose families earn $200,000 or less annually.
    Preston Fore, Fortune, 25 Mar. 2026
Noun
  • All other students, including those currently in their senior years of high school, are no longer eligible for the program, according to the Colorado Department of Education.
    Elizabeth Hernandez, Denver Post, 6 Apr. 2026
  • All Stanford students are ambitious, but many of the most enterprising among them drop out.
    Ronan Farrow, New Yorker, 6 Apr. 2026
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