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a person enrolled in a college or university who has not yet earned a degree
a group of college undergraduates
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Recent Examples of undergraduate
Officials at the college of roughly 2,800 undergraduates initially notified students on Sunday about Smith, whose disappearance was reported to Middlebury police earlier that afternoon.
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Joshua Rhett Miller, MSNBC Newsweek, 25 Oct. 2025
The following insights are drawn from Shapiro’s remarks during a guest lecture in my undergraduate Strategy and Organization class at McGill University.
—Karl Moore, Forbes.com, 24 Oct. 2025
According to an obituary published by Austin Funeral & Cremation Services, Tate was born and raised in Nashville and graduated from Middle Tennessee State University with an undergraduate degree in business.
—Ethan Shanfeld, Variety, 23 Oct. 2025
The four University of Idaho undergraduates were stabbed to death at an off-campus home in Moscow in November 2022.
—Tribune News Service, Boston Herald, 22 Oct. 2025
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Joshua Rhett Miller, MSNBC Newsweek, 25 Oct. 2025
The following insights are drawn from Shapiro’s remarks during a guest lecture in my undergraduate Strategy and Organization class at McGill University.
—Karl Moore, Forbes.com, 24 Oct. 2025
According to an obituary published by Austin Funeral & Cremation Services, Tate was born and raised in Nashville and graduated from Middle Tennessee State University with an undergraduate degree in business.
—Ethan Shanfeld, Variety, 23 Oct. 2025
The four University of Idaho undergraduates were stabbed to death at an off-campus home in Moscow in November 2022.
—Tribune News Service, Boston Herald, 22 Oct. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for undergraduate
Noun
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How Palestinian students adapted to studying in a genocide.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
10 Nov. 2025
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Nebraska tied the game with an extra point after Missouri students rushed the field, celebrating an apparent victory.—
The Athletic College Football Staff,
New York Times,
9 Nov. 2025
Noun
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About a third of Americans with a postgraduate degree don’t live within an hour’s drive of any of their extended family, compared with 14 percent of those who have a high-school degree or less, according to a 2022 Pew survey.—
Olga Khazan,
The Atlantic,
7 Nov. 2025
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His postgraduate fellowship further refined his approach.—
Connie Etemadi,
USA Today,
4 Nov. 2025
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Media studies scholar Stephen Ponder argues that William McKinley, inaugurated as president in 1897, laid the groundwork for Roosevelt’s later efforts to fully bring the press into the White House.—
JSTOR Daily,
JSTOR Daily,
7 Nov. 2025
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And labor scholar Hamilton Nolan reminds us to breathe, and take the (rare) win.—
Brittany Allen,
Literary Hub,
6 Nov. 2025
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“Undergraduate.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/undergraduate. Accessed 14 Nov. 2025.
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