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
Theodore McDarrah, Forbes.com, 23 May 2025
UConn said Monday that the federal government had revoked the visas of 13 members of its university community, including 12 students and one in a postgraduate professional program.
—Kels Dayton, Hartford Courant, 14 Apr. 2025
Walter Loeb, Forbes, 16 June 2022
The University of California and 48,000 people who work as teachers and researchers while earning postgraduate degrees came to a tentative labor agreement Friday, both sides announced.
—Dennis Romero, NBC News, 17 Dec. 2022
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Adjective
The answer here is similar to the explanation of why philosophy majors score higher on postgraduate entrance exams than any other major.
—Theodore McDarrah, Forbes.com, 23 May 2025
UConn said Monday that the federal government had revoked the visas of 13 members of its university community, including 12 students and one in a postgraduate professional program.
—Kels Dayton, Hartford Courant, 14 Apr. 2025
Noun
Academia is important for a few reasons; this community generates studies that influence company actions or consumer choices and also often awakens young people to be creative in their postgraduate years.
—Walter Loeb, Forbes, 16 June 2022
The University of California and 48,000 people who work as teachers and researchers while earning postgraduate degrees came to a tentative labor agreement Friday, both sides announced.
—Dennis Romero, NBC News, 17 Dec. 2022
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for postgraduate
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Straus has authored over 85 refereed journal articles and many reports, abstracts/proceedings, popular articles and newsletters, in addition to mentoring several graduate students.—
Arkansas Online,
Arkansas Online,
22 June 2025
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That funding supports lab equipment, materials, facilities, energy costs and, crucially, the people doing the work — graduate students, postdocs, faculty and researchers.—
Ata Sarajedini,
Sun Sentinel,
22 June 2025
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The job market for computer science and engineering PhDs who study AI sits in stark contrast to the one faced by undergraduates in the field.—
Alexandra Sternlicht,
Fortune,
25 June 2025
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About 1,500 undergraduates were enrolled at Hartford as of the fall of 2024.—
Kenneth R. Gosselin,
Hartford Courant,
25 June 2025
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But they were clearly impressed by his scholarship and writing skills, which are the principal criteria for grading academic papers.—
Bob Shaw,
The Orlando Sentinel,
29 June 2025
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The tests are effectively an academic exercise, where the Fed simulates a scenario in the global economy and measures what that scenario would do to bank balance sheets.—
Alicia Adamczyk,
Fortune,
28 June 2025
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The person behind the schoolboy video, which defended Duterte, claimed to the news agency that the views shared were collected from real students.—
Cecilia Hult,
Fortune,
28 June 2025
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The policy also requires the school to adopt punishments for students found using these devices.—
Jenna Sundel,
MSNBC Newsweek,
27 June 2025
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“Postgraduate.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/postgraduate. Accessed 4 Jul. 2025.
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