as in student
a person enrolled in a college or university who has not yet earned a degree
a group of college undergraduates
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Recent Examples of undergraduate
More than half of the undergraduates at the University of Alabama, for instance, are not from Alabama.
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Jay Caspian Kang, New Yorker, 19 May 2026
Gaitas received her undergraduate and law degree from the University of Minnesota and is the only sitting justice to have experience at all three levels in Minnesota’s judicial system, according to the governor’s office.
—Alex Derosier, Twin Cities, 19 May 2026
The campuswide commencement ceremony that celebrated all the undergraduate and graduate students was held on Saturday at Memorial Stadium on the University of California, Berkeley campus.
—Laura A. Oda, Mercury News, 18 May 2026
For the 2026-27 school year, annual tuition excluding other fees for a Californian attending a UC campus as a new undergraduate has been set at $15,588.
—Tarini Mehta, Sacbee.com, 18 May 2026
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Jay Caspian Kang, New Yorker, 19 May 2026
Gaitas received her undergraduate and law degree from the University of Minnesota and is the only sitting justice to have experience at all three levels in Minnesota’s judicial system, according to the governor’s office.
—Alex Derosier, Twin Cities, 19 May 2026
The campuswide commencement ceremony that celebrated all the undergraduate and graduate students was held on Saturday at Memorial Stadium on the University of California, Berkeley campus.
—Laura A. Oda, Mercury News, 18 May 2026
For the 2026-27 school year, annual tuition excluding other fees for a Californian attending a UC campus as a new undergraduate has been set at $15,588.
—Tarini Mehta, Sacbee.com, 18 May 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for undergraduate
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Meanwhile, supporters insist their goal is not to attack a student, but to defend women’s sports.—
Alejandro Avila OutKick,
FOXNews.com,
15 May 2026
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On one of the main topics, Beccera noted that the state needs to invest in early years education and reduce class sizes to ensure students have a strong educational foundation for their future success.—
James Ward,
USA Today,
15 May 2026
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As a break from the drudgery of surviving a fraught postgraduate landscape, Harris sought refuge in her imagination.—
Lovia Gyarkye,
IndieWire,
16 May 2026
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So, Murdock instead spent the fall of 2021 at Fork Union Military Academy in Virginia, a postgraduate program attended by a handful of former NFL players, including Plaxico Burress and Michael Thomas.—
Nick Kosmider,
New York Times,
7 May 2026
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Thomas’s account of Progressivism as a malign force threatening individual liberty echoes an argument developed by scholars at the conservative Claremont Institute.—
Ruth Marcus,
New Yorker,
21 May 2026
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The book begins as a British scholar named Jeremy Pordage is being chauffeured north along the California coast from Los Angeles to stay with Stoyte.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
21 May 2026
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“Undergraduate.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/undergraduate. Accessed 24 May. 2026.
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