matriculated

past tense of matriculate
as in enrolled
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 matriculated Shortly before Salinger matriculated, a cadet fell to his death from an academy window under suspicious circumstances. — Literary Hub, 10 Aug. 2026 Hello again, friends — and welcome to all the newcomers who matriculated on over to the Win Column from Kick It, the AJC’s World Cup newsletter. — Tyler Estep, AJC.com, 27 July 2026 Way matriculated through Kansas City’s minor-league system. — Jaylon Thompson, Kansas City Star, 6 June 2026 Lendeborg played his first three college seasons in junior college at Arizona Western, broke into Division I with two years at UAB, then finally matriculated to the Big Ten last season. — Brendan Marks, New York Times, 24 Apr. 2026 At his college graduation, Charlie had been awarded the Lionel de Jersey Harvard Scholarship for graduate study at Emmanuel College, Cambridge University, where John Harvard had matriculated in 1627. — John McPhee, New Yorker, 20 Apr. 2026 Just over half of CPS students without disabilities matriculated to a four-year institution in 2024, compared to only one-quarter of those receiving services for a learning disability. — Kate Armanini, Chicago Tribune, 27 Feb. 2026 As Nila de Chavez matriculated herself, considering her own career, the former Garlough student made plans to become a teacher. — Elliot Mann, Twin Cities, 17 Aug. 2025 Her little brother, Pugsley (Isaac Ordonez), has matriculated as an awkward underclassman. — Judy Berman, Time, 6 Aug. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for matriculated
enrolled
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  • Moline says 38 cases of mesothelioma have been diagnosed among the nearly 155,000 people enrolled in the World Trade Center Health Program to date, an incidence that already appears to be about three times as high as in the general population.
    — Brenda Goodman, CNN Money, 19 Sep. 2026
  • In 2015, for example, more than 5,300 new students enrolled in OCPS, more than in any other Florida school district.
    — Steven Walker, The Orlando Sentinel, 19 Sep. 2026

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“Matriculated.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/matriculated. Accessed 26 Sep. 2026.

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