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Recent Examples of graduations
In a 2022 study, researchers wanted to understand how celebrations such as birthdays, promotions, graduations and even smaller milestones actually contribute to well-being.
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Mark Travers, Forbes.com, 8 Sep. 2025
With a capacity of 975, a movie screen and a stage, over the years the building has been used as a movie theater, a concert venue, and for film festivals, stand-up shows, parties, graduations, naturalization ceremonies and weddings.
—Sacbee.com, 30 Aug. 2025
While most graduations take place in arenas in May, the ringing applause heard throughout the center yesterday marked the end of the high school educational journeys for over 50 students, many of whom have been involved with gun violence and used school to change their life direction.
—Chicago Tribune, 22 Aug. 2025
Through celebrations, graduations, heartbreaks and loss, the friends stayed close and continued to support each other through life’s many highs and lows.
—Nick Caruso, TVLine, 20 Aug. 2025
Like many such venues across America, the Kempner also hosted lectures, minstrel shows, musicals, operas, plays and vaudeville acts, along with community events such as school graduations.
—Arkansas Online, 9 Aug. 2025
The previous owners didn't cater off-site parties, but now Ray's has seven refrigerated carts to roll out for birthdays, wedding receptions and graduations.
—Neal Rubin, Freep.com, 9 Aug. 2025
In video after video, young people complained about missing their high school graduations and senior proms, of the desolate college campuses that welcomed them and the increasingly precarious economy that waited for them on the other side.
—Josh Hammer, Newsweek, 14 Feb. 2025
In the intimate carousel, Prince shared several pictures of their life together — including moments while hiking, kayaking, and celebrating their college graduations.
—Mya Abraham, VIBE.com, 3 Sep. 2019
Mark Travers, Forbes.com, 8 Sep. 2025
With a capacity of 975, a movie screen and a stage, over the years the building has been used as a movie theater, a concert venue, and for film festivals, stand-up shows, parties, graduations, naturalization ceremonies and weddings.
—Sacbee.com, 30 Aug. 2025
While most graduations take place in arenas in May, the ringing applause heard throughout the center yesterday marked the end of the high school educational journeys for over 50 students, many of whom have been involved with gun violence and used school to change their life direction.
—Chicago Tribune, 22 Aug. 2025
Through celebrations, graduations, heartbreaks and loss, the friends stayed close and continued to support each other through life’s many highs and lows.
—Nick Caruso, TVLine, 20 Aug. 2025
Like many such venues across America, the Kempner also hosted lectures, minstrel shows, musicals, operas, plays and vaudeville acts, along with community events such as school graduations.
—Arkansas Online, 9 Aug. 2025
The previous owners didn't cater off-site parties, but now Ray's has seven refrigerated carts to roll out for birthdays, wedding receptions and graduations.
—Neal Rubin, Freep.com, 9 Aug. 2025
In video after video, young people complained about missing their high school graduations and senior proms, of the desolate college campuses that welcomed them and the increasingly precarious economy that waited for them on the other side.
—Josh Hammer, Newsweek, 14 Feb. 2025
In the intimate carousel, Prince shared several pictures of their life together — including moments while hiking, kayaking, and celebrating their college graduations.
—Mya Abraham, VIBE.com, 3 Sep. 2019
Recent Examples of Synonyms for graduations
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The Wax Child is about the dread of living in brutal hierarchies, and the shapes that friendship and protection take to counteract these grim realities.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
8 Sep. 2025
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Jobs across industry sectors and corporate hierarchies are threatened with AI replacement.—
Michael Peregrine,
Forbes.com,
7 Sep. 2025
Noun
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Other items listed in the top 20 product groups responsible for injuries included exercise equipment, cans, basketballs, ladders, desks, rugs and bathtubs.—
Jasmine Laws,
MSNBC Newsweek,
9 Sep. 2025
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The Oak Island Lighthouse was completed in 1958 and requires climbing up a series of ship ladders that reach more than 120 feet up to the top.—
Brandee Gruener,
Southern Living,
9 Sep. 2025
Noun
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Season 1 of the series has already won Gotham TV and TCA Awards and has 13 Emmy nominations, including for Outstanding Drama Series, Lead Actor in a Drama Series for Wyle, Outstanding Guest Actor in a Drama Series for Hatosy, and Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Drama Series for LaNasa.—
Rosy Cordero,
Deadline,
12 Sep. 2025
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During a break in the rigorous shooting schedule for the limited series, which also stars Emma Corrin and Jack Lowden, Partridge was able to squeeze in the trip with old college friends.—
Alex Ritman,
Variety,
12 Sep. 2025
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That reframes how early magnetism seeded galaxies and plasma behavior on the largest scales.—
Kaif Shaikh,
Interesting Engineering,
11 Sep. 2025
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Scientists thought these spiky bits might be spiny scales, like those found on the bodies of rays and sharks.—
Staff Author,
PEOPLE,
10 Sep. 2025
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“Graduations.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/graduations. Accessed 15 Sep. 2025.
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