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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
The 500 schools were ranked based exclusively on outcomes for undergraduates, Forbes wrote.
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Stephanie Stremplewski, Louisville Courier Journal, 28 Aug. 2025
Caleb teaches undergraduate, masters, MBA, and PhD students how to communicate and understand consumer behavior.
—Caleb Warren, CNBC, 20 Aug. 2025
Nearly 6,000 institutions provide federal loans and 30 percent to 40 percent of undergraduates borrow federally each year, representing roughly 7 million students who rely on federal loans, according to Forbes.
—Suzanne Blake, MSNBC Newsweek, 13 Aug. 2025
Grant, a Republican, grew up in Modesto, attended UC Berkeley for undergraduate and law degrees and raised his family in Sacramento County.
—Ishani Desai, Sacbee.com, 12 Aug. 2025
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Stephanie Stremplewski, Louisville Courier Journal, 28 Aug. 2025
Caleb teaches undergraduate, masters, MBA, and PhD students how to communicate and understand consumer behavior.
—Caleb Warren, CNBC, 20 Aug. 2025
Nearly 6,000 institutions provide federal loans and 30 percent to 40 percent of undergraduates borrow federally each year, representing roughly 7 million students who rely on federal loans, according to Forbes.
—Suzanne Blake, MSNBC Newsweek, 13 Aug. 2025
Grant, a Republican, grew up in Modesto, attended UC Berkeley for undergraduate and law degrees and raised his family in Sacramento County.
—Ishani Desai, Sacbee.com, 12 Aug. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for undergraduate
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For child care providers who offer pre-K programming, ESAs are an opportunity to help stabilize a sector that’s been competing with public schools for enrollment of these students.—
Lina Ruiz
September 8,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
8 Sep. 2025
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The students spent about three months gathering data, interviewing dozens of sources and writing and editing stories under the guidance of a former Star reporter now teaching at Notre Dame.—
IndyStar,
IndyStar,
8 Sep. 2025
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Drahi, who had a postgraduate degree from Télécom Paris, one of the country’s top engineering schools, was a cable guy.—
Sam Knight,
New Yorker,
25 Aug. 2025
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Those activities include military service, religious missions, professional participation in other schools and enrolling in a postgraduate (PG) year after high school.—
Michael McCann,
Sportico.com,
25 Aug. 2025
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Leading genocide scholars passed a resolution this week that declared Israel’s actions in Gaza had met the legal definition of genocide.—
Jade Walker,
CNN Money,
5 Sep. 2025
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Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, meanwhile, is referred to by public scholars and media in a variety of ways that emphasize Russia or President Vladimir Putin as an aggressive antagonist.—
Esther Brito Ruiz,
The Conversation,
5 Sep. 2025
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“Undergraduate.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/undergraduate. Accessed 11 Sep. 2025.
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