cum laude
adverb or adjective
, -dē; ˌkəm-ˈlȯ-dē\
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The couple met at Colorado College, from which both graduated cum laude. — New York Times, "Vita Emery, Matthew Beaton," 1 July 2018 Nearly half of students who graduated from Lehigh University, Princeton University and the University of Southern California this year did so with cum laude, magna cum laude or summa cum laude honors, or their equivalents. — Melissa Korn, WSJ, "You Graduated Cum Laude? So Did Everyone Else," 2 July 2018 Kevin O'Hara graduated cum laude with a bachelor’s of business administration. — Michelle Mullins, Naperville Sun, "Naperville People in the News," 1 June 2018 Our reliance on it is reinforced in its use for awarding certain honors (such as cum laude), obtaining and maintaining scholarship status, and hiring for internships or even jobs after graduation. — Tom Solomon, Washington Post, "GPAs don’t really show what students learned. Here’s why.," 15 June 2018 Peters was a high school teacher who graduated cum laude from Virginia Commonwealth University with a degree in biology in 2016. — Monique Judge, The Root, "Unarmed Black Teacher, a Recent VCU Honors Grad, Shot and Killed by Virginia Police," 15 May 2018 Braue is a cum laude graduate of Valparaiso University School of Law and a graduate of St. Mary’s College of Maryland with degrees in economics and political science. — The Aegis, "Harford County Public Library Foundation elects three new board members," 14 May 2018 Washington is a cum laude graduate with a bachelor's degree in Sociology from Norfolk State University. — Tim Brown, OregonLive.com, "Meet the officials for Trail Blazers-Pelicans Game 3: Is this a good referee crew?," 19 Apr. 2018 Hubbard achieved his degree in three and a half years, graduating cum laude as a First Team Academic All-American. — Scott Springer, Cincinnati.com, "Ex-Moeller, Ohio State standout Hubbard working to prove his stock in NFL," 16 Jan. 2018These example sentences are selected automatically from various online news sources to reflect current usage of the word 'cum laude.' Views expressed in the examples do not represent the opinion of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback.
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