as in postgraduate
of or relating to schooling done after earning a bachelor's degree
The team is conducting graduate research on the effects of climate change. She plans to begin graduate school in the fall.
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Other graduate students, such as those pursuing nursing and physical therapy, would be limited to $20,500 a year and up to $100,000 total.
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Dallas Morning News, 10 Feb. 2026
After a graduate assistant role at Georgia in 2006, two more seasons at Valdosta State and one-year each at Central Arkansas and Murray State, Faulkner landed at Middle Tennessee State.
—Edgar Thompson, The Orlando Sentinel, 7 Feb. 2026
Borrower Defense is a discharge program for federal student loans that allows borrowers to request cancellation on the basis of certain forms of school misconduct, such as misrepresenting admissions selectivity or program costs, or lying about graduate earnings and career prospects.
—Adam S. Minsky, Forbes.com, 30 Jan. 2026
But neither Scharf nor any of his classmates had ever been exposed to this scenario—because Amherst, like most liberal-arts colleges, has no graduate students.
—Ian Bogost, The Atlantic, 29 Jan. 2026
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Dallas Morning News, 10 Feb. 2026
After a graduate assistant role at Georgia in 2006, two more seasons at Valdosta State and one-year each at Central Arkansas and Murray State, Faulkner landed at Middle Tennessee State.
—Edgar Thompson, The Orlando Sentinel, 7 Feb. 2026
Borrower Defense is a discharge program for federal student loans that allows borrowers to request cancellation on the basis of certain forms of school misconduct, such as misrepresenting admissions selectivity or program costs, or lying about graduate earnings and career prospects.
—Adam S. Minsky, Forbes.com, 30 Jan. 2026
But neither Scharf nor any of his classmates had ever been exposed to this scenario—because Amherst, like most liberal-arts colleges, has no graduate students.
—Ian Bogost, The Atlantic, 29 Jan. 2026
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postgraduate
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Proceeds from the evening will support the Whitney’s Independent Study Program, which supports emerging curators and artists at the postgraduate level.—
Kristen Tauer,
Footwear News,
15 Dec. 2025
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In addition to the crown and new title, Donegan won more than $70,000 in scholarships through the Miss America program, which will help finance her undergraduate and postgraduate education.—
Amaris Encinas,
USA Today,
10 Sep. 2025
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“Graduate.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/graduate. Accessed 21 Feb. 2026.
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