matriculates

Definition of matriculatesnext
present tense third-person singular of matriculate
as in enrolls
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 matriculates The Division is chaired by producer Susan Arnold (13 Going On 30, America’s Sweethearts) and matriculates around 215 students annually. Matt Grobar, Deadline, 4 Nov. 2025
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enrolls
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  • Union Park Middle, the emptiest of the seven, enrolls about 560 students on a campus meant for more than 1,400.
    Steven Walker, The Orlando Sentinel, 7 Jan. 2026
  • Netflix One of the few original titles announced for 2026, Love Through a Prism follows the plucky and artistically inclined Lili Ichijoin, a Japanese foreign student who enrolls in an art school in London in the early 1900s.
    Eric Vilas-Boas, Vulture, 1 Jan. 2026

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“Matriculates.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/matriculates. Accessed 10 Jan. 2026.

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