as in graduate
of or relating to studies done after earning a bachelor's degree or other degree
After college, she spent her first postgraduate year studying abroad.
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Recent Examples of postgraduate
Aris Folley, The Hill, 3 July 2025
At the same time, Ms. Hager showed a postgraduate appetite for media ventures on her terms.
—Matt Flegenheimer, New York Times, 21 Dec. 2022
Andy Browne, semafor.com, 9 Oct. 2025
Kitagawa thanked his family, colleagues, students and fellow postgraduate researchers at a news conference at Kyoto University.
—Elmira Aliieva, NBC news, 8 Oct. 2025
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Adjective
One is that more and more students will decide graduate school is not worth it and won’t go at all despite the growing share of the workforce that requires some form of postgraduate education.
—Aris Folley, The Hill, 3 July 2025
At the same time, Ms. Hager showed a postgraduate appetite for media ventures on her terms.
—Matt Flegenheimer, New York Times, 21 Dec. 2022
Noun
Today, most members of the Chinese elite have a background in management, while the country’s leader, Xi Jinping, has an undergraduate degree in chemical engineering and a postgraduate degree in law — the Marxist version.
—Andy Browne, semafor.com, 9 Oct. 2025
Kitagawa thanked his family, colleagues, students and fellow postgraduate researchers at a news conference at Kyoto University.
—Elmira Aliieva, NBC news, 8 Oct. 2025
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In the waning days of Idaho’s legislative session, the Legislature approved hundreds of thousands of dollars of cuts to a fund that included money for graduate medical education.—
Becca Savransky,
Idaho Statesman,
10 Apr. 2026
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Close will have to face a rebuild and likely have to work the transfer portal hard in the coming weeks to replace her six seniors and graduate students.—
Marisa Ingemi,
Los Angeles Times,
6 Apr. 2026
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Following a recent meeting, officials announced that in-state undergraduates will see a 1% increase, while out-of-state students will face a 3% hike.—
La'Tasha Givens,
CBS News,
16 Apr. 2026
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The school said the timing of the closure will allow current undergraduates at the small liberal arts school in western Massachusetts to complete their education at Hampshire or a partner institution.—
Leah Willingham,
Chicago Tribune,
15 Apr. 2026
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Schools across the Emirates were shuttered for weeks after the war began, shifting students to remote learning, prompting some parents, who CNBC has spoken with since the war began, to send children back to their home countries to complete the academic term at schools teaching in-person.—
Emma Graham,Sawdah Bhaimiya,
CNBC,
21 Apr. 2026
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The distinction is more than an academic nicety.—
Nikhil Krishnan,
New Yorker,
20 Apr. 2026
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The reversal follows an announcement from the archdiocese last week accusing CPS of ending services for Catholic school students under the Individual with Disabilities Education Act, or IDEA, just two months before the last day of school.—
Kate Armanini,
Chicago Tribune,
17 Apr. 2026
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The school's annual trade show at the Javitz Center is coming up in April, which students work toward all year.—
Chris Wragge,
CBS News,
17 Apr. 2026
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“Postgraduate.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/postgraduate. Accessed 22 Apr. 2026.
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