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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The Senate bill would also dramatically curb lending for graduate students and parents (though at lower caps than House Republicans wanted).
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Nicole Fallert, USA Today, 13 June 2025
Courtesy Emma Scales The McClintock Letters, as the project is known, is one of several efforts underway by graduate students and faculty members with the same goal in mind.
—Tyler Kingkade, NBC news, 12 June 2025
Rates for graduate students and parent borrowers have also fallen, the Department confirmed at the end of May.
—Suzanne Blake, MSNBC Newsweek, 5 June 2025
However, there is little focus on one student population being hit the hardest—graduate students.
—Leadership Brainery, Forbes.com, 2 June 2025
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Nicole Fallert, USA Today, 13 June 2025
Courtesy Emma Scales The McClintock Letters, as the project is known, is one of several efforts underway by graduate students and faculty members with the same goal in mind.
—Tyler Kingkade, NBC news, 12 June 2025
Rates for graduate students and parent borrowers have also fallen, the Department confirmed at the end of May.
—Suzanne Blake, MSNBC Newsweek, 5 June 2025
However, there is little focus on one student population being hit the hardest—graduate students.
—Leadership Brainery, Forbes.com, 2 June 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for graduate
postgraduate
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By Luke Jostins, a postgraduate student working on the genetic basis of complex autoimmune diseases.—
Guest Blogger,
Discover Magazine,
16 Apr. 2012
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At the same time, Ms. Hager showed a postgraduate appetite for media ventures on her terms.—
Matt Flegenheimer,
New York Times,
21 Dec. 2022
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“Graduate.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/graduate. Accessed 6 Jul. 2025.
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