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Recent Examples of undergrad
The author of this article was in just that position as the lone student in York's course in measuring the expansion of the universe as a UChicago undergrad back in the spring of 2000.
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Adam Harrington, CBS News, 18 Jan. 2026
Ross, of course, attended undergrad at Michigan which alter renamed its business school in his honor.
—Miami Herald, 10 Jan. 2026
My undergrad was at Southern Oregon University, which is like a Shakespeare conservatory, because the Oregon Shakespeare Festival is there.
—Jason P. Frank, Vulture, 10 Dec. 2025
In 2022, University of Surrey chemistry undergrad Eleanor Mackintosh actually designed a filter-feeding robotic fish that could theoretically do the job.
—New Atlas, 5 Dec. 2025
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Adam Harrington, CBS News, 18 Jan. 2026
Ross, of course, attended undergrad at Michigan which alter renamed its business school in his honor.
—Miami Herald, 10 Jan. 2026
My undergrad was at Southern Oregon University, which is like a Shakespeare conservatory, because the Oregon Shakespeare Festival is there.
—Jason P. Frank, Vulture, 10 Dec. 2025
In 2022, University of Surrey chemistry undergrad Eleanor Mackintosh actually designed a filter-feeding robotic fish that could theoretically do the job.
—New Atlas, 5 Dec. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for undergrad
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The pained look on the freshman’s face and the hush of the Galen Center in those first few seconds was enough to transport at least some of the USC faithful in the crowd back to last March, when Trojan superstar JuJu Watkins injured her knee not far from the same spot.—
Ryan Kartje,
Los Angeles Times,
20 Feb. 2026
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But Stangel also praised Hale’s efforts defending Jillian Sanderson, Penn’s standout freshman guard.—
Michael Osipoff,
Chicago Tribune,
19 Feb. 2026
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High school junior Maya Do spent the weeks leading up to today’s kickoff of Tet tucking crisp bills into red envelopes, picking ao dai dresses to wear with friends and preparing a speech to deliver to hundreds at her first protest.—
Victoria Le,
Oc Register,
17 Feb. 2026
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Brown started high school at Kenwood and spent his sophomore year at Marist before landing at Dyett as a junior.—
Steve Millar,
Chicago Tribune,
17 Feb. 2026
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In his varsity debut, sophomore second baseman Auron Blackledge of Calabasas made quite a first impression on Friday.—
Eric Sondheimer,
Los Angeles Times,
21 Feb. 2026
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Morgan Township sophomore Noah Ladra has grown in various senses of the word in the past year.—
Michael Osipoff,
Chicago Tribune,
20 Feb. 2026
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Setting up a full undergraduate campus is a much more ambitious undertaking.—
Rose Horowitch,
The Atlantic,
18 Feb. 2026
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The four fields currently encompass 307 undergraduate majors.—
Lily Kepner,
Austin American Statesman,
16 Feb. 2026
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At the center are Lucy (Grace Van Patten), a college student drawn into an on-again, off-again relationship with Stephen (Jackson White), a charismatic upperclassman still entangled with Diana (Alicia Crowder).—
JP Mangalindan,
Time,
17 Feb. 2026
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Next to Flagg would be 7-foot-2 Khaman Maluach, an elite rim protector, and on the wing Scheyer had landed Kon Knueppel, a 6-7 wing who had the build and strength of an upperclassman.—
CJ Moore,
New York Times,
4 Feb. 2026
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