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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Recent Examples of graduate
Foreshadowing the Future One of the young coaches present when Foster first introduced the pail was graduate assistant Brent Pry.
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Christina Daves, Southern Living, 31 Aug. 2025
For decades, landing a head-coaching job in college football required climbing a career ladder that usually started as a low-ranking graduate assistant, then to a position coach, then a can’t-miss coordinator.
—Andrew Greif, NBC news, 28 Aug. 2025
In response to funding cuts, the University of Notre Dame instituted a hiring freeze in March, and many schools are slashing the hiring of graduate students for research work.
—Lluvia Gaucin, IndyStar, 26 Aug. 2025
Most graduate students would be capped at $100,000, down from the previous cap of $138,500, and students pursuing professional degrees like law or medicine will be capped at $200,000.
—Editorial, Boston Herald, 25 Aug. 2025
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Christina Daves, Southern Living, 31 Aug. 2025
For decades, landing a head-coaching job in college football required climbing a career ladder that usually started as a low-ranking graduate assistant, then to a position coach, then a can’t-miss coordinator.
—Andrew Greif, NBC news, 28 Aug. 2025
In response to funding cuts, the University of Notre Dame instituted a hiring freeze in March, and many schools are slashing the hiring of graduate students for research work.
—Lluvia Gaucin, IndyStar, 26 Aug. 2025
Most graduate students would be capped at $100,000, down from the previous cap of $138,500, and students pursuing professional degrees like law or medicine will be capped at $200,000.
—Editorial, Boston Herald, 25 Aug. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for graduate
postgraduate
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Letícia Paul, who had recently earned her law degree and was pursuing postgraduate studies in real estate and business law, went into anaphylactic shock moments after receiving an iodinated contrast dye, Jam Press reported.—
Khloe Quill,
FOXNews.com,
25 Aug. 2025
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One is that more and more students will decide graduate school is not worth it and won’t go at all despite the growing share of the workforce that requires some form of postgraduate education.—
Aris Folley,
The Hill,
3 July 2025
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“Graduate.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/graduate. Accessed 11 Sep. 2025.
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