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adjective post·grad·u·ate \ ˌpōs(t)-ˈgra-jə-wət , -ˌwāt , -ˈgraj-wət \

Definition of postgraduate

:of, relating to, or engaged in formal studies after graduation :graduate

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Examples of postgraduate in a Sentence

After college, she spent her first postgraduate year studying abroad.

Recent Examples of postgraduate from the Web

And familiarity rose in tandem with a respondent’s education — about three-quarters of those with postgraduate degrees recognized the term, as did about 60 percent of college graduates.

— sharon jayson, Kaiser Health News, "Charlottesville Postmortem: Why People Join Hate Groups," 24 Aug. 2017
These students enroll as postgraduate students without transferring a single credit.

— joan niesen, SI.com, "How the Graduate Transfer Rule Brought College Football Into Its Own Kind of Free Agency," 17 Aug. 2017
Brown received an NCAA postgraduate scholarship and was drafted to play professional softball for the Chicago Bandits.

— sandiegouniontribune.com, "Community Advisory Board," 26 July 2017
Scholarships: Johns Hopkins women's track and field senior Lindsay Cheu and men's swimming senior Andy Greenhalgh each received a $7,500 postgraduate scholarship from the NCAA. ...

— baltimoresun.com, "Digest: Injury-slowed Matthew Centrowitz beaten, still makes U.S. team," 25 June 2017
Four winners were named last week, including Rogers, who is entering her second year at Howard and aiming to earn a postgraduate certificate.

— sarah larimer, Washington Post, "Meet the Howard U. student who won a scholarship from Beyoncé," 19 June 2017
Among them are Salmose’s students Daniel Sundberg and Oscar Svensson (who was an exchange student at Hamline University in St. Paul), and Sadaf Fahim-Hashemi, a postgraduate student at the University of London.

— mary ann grossmann, Twin Cities, "F. Scott Fitzgerald conference brings the world to St. Paul’s door," 18 June 2017
Patriot League: Navy cross country and track runner Ryan Speir and Loyola Maryland women's lacrosse player Bailey Mathis have been awarded postgraduate scholarships from Bob McCloskey Insurance, a corporate partner of the Patriot League.

— baltimoresun.com, "Digest (June 6): Class winners crowned in Annapolis to Newport Race," 7 June 2017
The three-year survey is designed to generate insights from more than 360,000 current, past and prospective education consumers, ranging from those who have not completed high school to those with postgraduate degrees.

— karen farkas, cleveland.com, "Many college grads regret their choice of school or major, report says," 1 June 2017

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