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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
Hariharan and his colleagues had planned for part of the formalization to be the basis of a student’s undergraduate thesis.
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Manon Bischoff, Scientific American, 26 Mar. 2026
Because our current findings come from a pilot cohort of 20 undergraduate writers, the results should be interpreted cautiously.
—Jeanne Beatrix Law, The Conversation, 26 Mar. 2026
David Sengthay, a Stanford senior and the head of the undergraduate-student senate, told me that protests typified the university’s history, up to and including his first two years in Palo Alto.
—Rose Horowitch, The Atlantic, 25 Mar. 2026
Harvard waives tuition entirely for undergraduates whose families earn $200,000 or less annually.
—Preston Fore, Fortune, 25 Mar. 2026
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Manon Bischoff, Scientific American, 26 Mar. 2026
Because our current findings come from a pilot cohort of 20 undergraduate writers, the results should be interpreted cautiously.
—Jeanne Beatrix Law, The Conversation, 26 Mar. 2026
David Sengthay, a Stanford senior and the head of the undergraduate-student senate, told me that protests typified the university’s history, up to and including his first two years in Palo Alto.
—Rose Horowitch, The Atlantic, 25 Mar. 2026
Harvard waives tuition entirely for undergraduates whose families earn $200,000 or less annually.
—Preston Fore, Fortune, 25 Mar. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for undergraduate
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Another effort will be going into local schools to make sure students understand that a simple mistake can be the start of something tragic for everyone in the mountain communities.—
Spencer Wilson,
CBS News,
3 Apr. 2026
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The Spring Break Gala serves as the nonprofit’s signature fundraiser, supporting students, schools and AmeriCorps members across Los Angeles.—
Kennedy French,
Variety,
2 Apr. 2026
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If the paths for getting there—which may include postgraduate study in a doctoral program or professional school—are diminishing, then college itself will follow suit.—
Ian Bogost,
The Atlantic,
29 Jan. 2026
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Give me the grizzled wisdom and experience of someone in their 50s or 60s; give me Esther Perel and Orna Guralnik; give me someone with a postgraduate certificate in relationship counseling at the very least.—
Zing Tsjeng,
Vogue,
26 Dec. 2025
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While the 1930s and 1940s did see some instances of carnival poking fun at the tyranny of the Nazi regime (none of which, it should be noted, went unpunished), Birdsall and other scholars maintain that the festival was, first and foremost, an avenue for propaganda.—
Tim Brinkhof,
JSTOR Daily,
1 Apr. 2026
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But while the Supreme Court has historically been deferential to presidents on immigration issues, defining who is an American by birth is different, according to longtime immigration law scholar Stephen Yale-Loehr.—
Maureen Groppe,
USA Today,
1 Apr. 2026
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“Undergraduate.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/undergraduate. Accessed 7 Apr. 2026.
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