Thesaurus results for DIPLOMA

diploma

noun

as in certificate

a document which shows that a person has finished a course of study or has graduated from a school He earned his high school diploma by attending classes at night.

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Recent Examples of diploma And, whether because of alumni networks or simply the signal from the diploma, elite-university graduates are wildly overrepresented in entry-level roles at top employers. —

Rose Horowitch, The Atlantic, 4 Apr. 2026 Statewide, 61,935 students received their diplomas in four years in 2025. —

Imani Cruzen, Twin Cities, 3 Apr. 2026 After asking him to model courage, and to be the container of everyone’s hope—and after so many of Rozos’s peers loudly cheered him on—NYU denied Rozos their diploma. —

Literary Hub, 25 Mar. 2026 Undocumented students who have attended at least three years of high school in Kansas and earned a diploma here have been eligible to receive in-state tuition at Kansas public colleges and universities since 2004. —

Matthew Kelly, Kansas City Star, 25 Mar. 2026 See All Example Sentences for diploma

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Noun

Under the new law, descendants of Canadians are already considered citizens and need only to apply for a certificate of citizenship to formalize their status.

— CBS News, CBS News, 23 Apr. 2026
The website for the Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada office, which processes applications, says processing times for a certificate is around 10 months, with more 56,000 people awaiting a decision.

— Sarah Raza, Los Angeles Times, 23 Apr. 2026