as in to enrol
to add (a person) to a list or roll as a participant or member
the college matriculated 1000 students for the fall semester
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Recent Examples of matriculate
For traditional medical school applicants applying after undergrad, gap years are on the rise, with 73% of respondents taking at least one gap year after college before matriculating into medical school, according to the 2023 Matriculating Student Questionnaire.
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Kristen Moon, Forbes, 7 Jan. 2025
From 2020–2024, more than thirty graduates from Deerfield matriculated to Brown University and Yale University, respectively.
—Christopher Rim, Forbes.com, 25 June 2025
Until that point, Victor had been living a typical postgrad creative life in Brooklyn, matriculating through the stand-up comedy scene and working part-time at the woman-run satire website Reductress.
—Rachel Brodsky, Rolling Stone, 6 June 2025
Ananda was born in Los Angeles, California, and attended the San Diego School of Creative and Performing Arts before heading to the nation’s capital to matriculate at Howard University.
—Doug Melville, Forbes.com, 13 June 2025
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Kristen Moon, Forbes, 7 Jan. 2025
From 2020–2024, more than thirty graduates from Deerfield matriculated to Brown University and Yale University, respectively.
—Christopher Rim, Forbes.com, 25 June 2025
Until that point, Victor had been living a typical postgrad creative life in Brooklyn, matriculating through the stand-up comedy scene and working part-time at the woman-run satire website Reductress.
—Rachel Brodsky, Rolling Stone, 6 June 2025
Ananda was born in Los Angeles, California, and attended the San Diego School of Creative and Performing Arts before heading to the nation’s capital to matriculate at Howard University.
—Doug Melville, Forbes.com, 13 June 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for matriculate
enroll
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The Trump Administration even tried to revoke Harvard’s ability to enroll any foreign students, though a court blocked that extraordinary punishment.—
Fiona Riley,
Forbes.com,
14 Aug. 2025
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Many Native children, including a significant portion of the Code Talker cohort, were still being taken from their families and forced to enroll in boarding schools, where they were stripped of their language and other traditions.—
Rob Picheta,
CNN Money,
14 Aug. 2025
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“Matriculate.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/matriculate. Accessed 20 Aug. 2025.
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