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Recent Examples of graduations
But these pens all had very serious limitations, and fountain pens were also so expensive they were often given as presents to mark important occasions like school graduations.
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New Atlas, 29 Oct. 2025
Macy’s, founded in New York City in 1858, benefits from a huge reservoir of goodwill among its 40 million annual customers, many of whom remember trips to the department store as kids, to get outfits for their graduations or to sit on Santa’s knee.
—Phil Wahba, Fortune, 18 Oct. 2025
Management provided the coaching staff with a series of options at forward, from Europe, via trade, minor league graduations, and a recent free-agent addition in Roslovic, who needs to play a feature role due to the nature of his contract (described here by Daniel Nugent-Bowman at The Athletic).
—Allan Mitchell, New York Times, 17 Oct. 2025
But the Sacramento Educational Cable Commission livestreams high school graduations.
—Ishani Desai, Sacbee.com, 18 Sep. 2025
This will be the first of such graduations that will happen almost yearly for some time.
—R. Eric Thomas, Mercury News, 18 Sep. 2025
In a 2022 study, researchers wanted to understand how celebrations such as birthdays, promotions, graduations and even smaller milestones actually contribute to well-being.
—Mark Travers, Forbes.com, 8 Sep. 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
New Atlas, 29 Oct. 2025
Macy’s, founded in New York City in 1858, benefits from a huge reservoir of goodwill among its 40 million annual customers, many of whom remember trips to the department store as kids, to get outfits for their graduations or to sit on Santa’s knee.
—Phil Wahba, Fortune, 18 Oct. 2025
Management provided the coaching staff with a series of options at forward, from Europe, via trade, minor league graduations, and a recent free-agent addition in Roslovic, who needs to play a feature role due to the nature of his contract (described here by Daniel Nugent-Bowman at The Athletic).
—Allan Mitchell, New York Times, 17 Oct. 2025
But the Sacramento Educational Cable Commission livestreams high school graduations.
—Ishani Desai, Sacbee.com, 18 Sep. 2025
This will be the first of such graduations that will happen almost yearly for some time.
—R. Eric Thomas, Mercury News, 18 Sep. 2025
In a 2022 study, researchers wanted to understand how celebrations such as birthdays, promotions, graduations and even smaller milestones actually contribute to well-being.
—Mark Travers, Forbes.com, 8 Sep. 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
Recent Examples of Synonyms for graduations
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Historically, beauty standards have been used to reinforce social hierarchies and maintain power structures, marginalizing people who don’t fit the societal standards.—
Akilah Sailers,
Essence,
29 Oct. 2025
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The Barca and Madrid hierarchies have battled together for common causes like the European Super League, which Perez has been pushing for decades, and which Laporta saw as a possible handy solution for Barca’s financial difficulties.—
Dermot Corrigan,
New York Times,
25 Oct. 2025
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The contestants then had to compete in a physically taxing challenge that involved pushing a heavy cart along a bumpy path, stacking sand bags, climbing ladders, knocking discs off poles, and then finally knocking down four bamboo targets.—
Dalton Ross,
Entertainment Weekly,
30 Oct. 2025
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Another 13 people were injured, according to Tufton, most after falling from ladders or roofs while trying to prepare for the storm.—
Dinah Voyles Pulver,
USA Today,
28 Oct. 2025
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Jones, who was a regular on the NBC sketch series from 2014 to 2019, was one of the dozens of former cast members who descended on Studio 8H for the epic evening.—
Raechal Shewfelt,
Entertainment Weekly,
1 Nov. 2025
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Between the four books, Huang's Twisted series has nearly 4 million ratings on Goodreads, and the series is immensely popular on Booktok and Bookstagram.—
Staff Author,
PEOPLE,
31 Oct. 2025
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The American Kennel Club (AKC) explains that Cane Corso's can tip the scales over 100lbs when they’re fully developed.—
Alyce Collins,
MSNBC Newsweek,
29 Oct. 2025
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With the ruling, the scales of the case have tipped in favor of the authors.—
Winston Cho,
HollywoodReporter,
29 Oct. 2025
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“Graduations.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/graduations. Accessed 5 Nov. 2025.
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