as in ladder
a scheme of rank or order
had a graduation of testing levels into which to divide the students
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Recent Examples of graduation
California's new personal finance graduation requirement The lessons come as California prepares to expand financial education statewide.
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Conor McGill,
CBS News,
23 June 2026
According to court filings, Proper had spent roughly $3,000 in graduation money on firearms, body armor, ammunition and tactical gear.
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Stepheny Price , Adam Sabes,
FOXNews.com,
23 June 2026
However, immediately after his graduation ceremony, the new dad rushed home to have an emotional first meeting with his daughter ahead of Father's Day.
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Kayla Grant,
PEOPLE,
23 June 2026
Many people celebrate their college graduation with a party, a family trip, or a special keepsake—maybe an investment bag or a piece of jewelry.
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Victoria Oliva,
Allure,
23 June 2026
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Conor McGill,
CBS News,
23 June 2026
According to court filings, Proper had spent roughly $3,000 in graduation money on firearms, body armor, ammunition and tactical gear.
—
Stepheny Price , Adam Sabes,
FOXNews.com,
23 June 2026
However, immediately after his graduation ceremony, the new dad rushed home to have an emotional first meeting with his daughter ahead of Father's Day.
—
Kayla Grant,
PEOPLE,
23 June 2026
Many people celebrate their college graduation with a party, a family trip, or a special keepsake—maybe an investment bag or a piece of jewelry.
—
Victoria Oliva,
Allure,
23 June 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for graduation
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For decades, career success involved climbing the ladder, accepting the promotion, taking on more responsibility and moving upward.
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These are ideas that confer status on the affluent while imposing costs on people further down the socioeconomic ladder.
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According to Reuters, the United States and European Union raised concerns that the resolution could be interpreted as creating a hierarchy among crimes against humanity by treating some atrocities as more serious than others.
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The result is a club conceived without the hierarchies that characterize some of its London counterparts—members shaped not by title or industry, but by curiosity and shared sensibility.
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Songs in America Six albums by Jackson live on the Billboard charts, and nearly three times as many songs from the superstar can be located on at least one ranking.
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Though fireworks are only allowed in the Lone Star state for a total of 25 days per year, North Texas hosts one of the nation’s best Fourth of July firework shows, according to a new ranking from USA TODAY.
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While the scale of the destruction in Boyle Heights doesn’t compare to the 12 lives and thousands of homes lost in the Palisades fire, Angelenos are having flashbacks as toxic smoke hovers over parts of the region.
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Nothing makes the scale of Washington more palpable than walking the length of the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool.
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Swanson also homered on Tuesday night and has three homers and 15 RBIs in the first three games of the series.
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The three-game series had a season-high attendance of 105,214, besting the three-game series against the Milwaukee Brewers in May that drew 82,799.
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“Graduation.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/graduation. Accessed 27 Jun. 2026.
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