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Recent Examples of graduation The metrics include overall costs of attendance, student retention rates and graduation rates. News Service Of Florida, Sun Sentinel, 7 Apr. 2025 To better position the organization for greater outcomes in graduation rates and decreasing absenteeism, the nonprofit recently added new team members and expanded to new offices in Coral Gables. Christina Mayo, Miami Herald, 2 Apr. 2025 This is how the district can tout record graduation rates while fewer than 1 in 3 students meet grade-level standards in reading — and just over 1 in 6 in math on the Illinois Assessment of Readiness standardized test. Paul Vallas, Chicago Tribune, 1 Apr. 2025 Louisville had a massive talent exodus in the 2022 offseason with the graduations of Emily Engstler, Kianna Smith and Chelsie Hall. Sabreena Merchant, The Athletic, 22 Mar. 2025 See All Example Sentences for graduation
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Noun
  • That’s high praise for a player who until pretty recently was just trying to finish number-one in the PGA Tour University rankings.
    Erik Shilling, Robb Report, 10 Apr. 2025
  • Moana also returned to the movie rankings after two weeks outside the top 10 with 223 million minutes.
    Rick Porter, HollywoodReporter, 10 Apr. 2025
Noun
  • Over two decades, Turpin climbed the ladder at Auchan, a French superstore similar to Target, starting in the textiles department before joining Printemps in 2021.
    Rhonda Richford, Footwear News, 8 Apr. 2025
  • The family had been climbing the economic ladder for years, saving enough to go on occasional vacations — once driving to Canada to visit relatives in Mr. Sancho-Persad’s father’s taxi, with the light turned off.
    Jonah Markowitz, New York Times, 8 Apr. 2025
Noun
  • Organizations can also ensure communication is happening between the leader and individual team members, among team members and throughout the hierarchy—leveraging leadership forums, town halls, CEO addresses and the like.
    Tracy Brower, Forbes, 13 Jan. 2025
  • The hierarchy also want the 61-year-old to lay the foundations for their longer-term ambitions.
    Patrick Boyland, The Athletic, 10 Jan. 2025
Noun
  • Throughout more than two months of interviews with more than two dozen experts, advisors, and practitioners nearly everyone mentioned the big three – scale, efficiencies in administration and spending, and the ability to level-up teaching and school services through sharing best practices.
    Derek Newton, Forbes.com, 8 Apr. 2025
  • Poles set a 1-9 scale: 1 being a major concern and 9 meaning excellent.
    Adam Jahns, New York Times, 8 Apr. 2025
Noun
  • Having first launched in 2004, the Like a Version series has gone from being a near-impromptu acoustic affair to featuring larger studio productions.
    Tyler Jenke, Billboard, 11 Apr. 2025
  • Alexander Smirnov was sentenced to six years in prison in January after pleading guilty to lying to his FBI handler about the Biden family's ties to a Ukrainian energy company -- in addition to a series of unrelated tax fraud charges.
    Alexander Mallin, ABC News, 11 Apr. 2025

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“Graduation.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/graduation. Accessed 20 Apr. 2025.

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