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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In the waning days of Idaho’s legislative session, the Legislature approved hundreds of thousands of dollars of cuts to a fund that included money for graduate medical education.
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Becca Savransky, Idaho Statesman, 10 Apr. 2026
Close will have to face a rebuild and likely have to work the transfer portal hard in the coming weeks to replace her six seniors and graduate students.
—Marisa Ingemi, Los Angeles Times, 6 Apr. 2026
The 12-player roster featured eight who were either seniors or graduate students.
—Kayla Hayempour, NBC news, 6 Apr. 2026
As the Census suggests, many are still turning to the post-graduate degree (but a growing number are also ditching college altogether).
—Jake Angelo, Fortune, 4 Apr. 2026
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Becca Savransky, Idaho Statesman, 10 Apr. 2026
Close will have to face a rebuild and likely have to work the transfer portal hard in the coming weeks to replace her six seniors and graduate students.
—Marisa Ingemi, Los Angeles Times, 6 Apr. 2026
The 12-player roster featured eight who were either seniors or graduate students.
—Kayla Hayempour, NBC news, 6 Apr. 2026
As the Census suggests, many are still turning to the post-graduate degree (but a growing number are also ditching college altogether).
—Jake Angelo, Fortune, 4 Apr. 2026
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Satya Marar is a postgraduate research fellow at the Mercatus Center at George Mason University, an AI and antitrust fellow at Innovators Network, and a Young Voices contributor.—
Satya Marar,
Oc Register,
17 Apr. 2026
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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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“Graduate.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/graduate. Accessed 26 Apr. 2026.
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