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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 author, who teaches in the undergraduate English and MFA programs at Oklahoma City University, spent more than a decade out West.
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Erik Pedersen, Oc Register, 30 Sep. 2025
Nachmanoff is a 1995 graduate of the University of Virginia School of Law and received his undergraduate degree from Wesleyan University in 1991.
—Ella Lee, The Hill, 26 Sep. 2025
How Pantzer fell in love with Turner The Indianapolis art collector traced his love of Turner to a single moment in 1914 — the day when the Harvard University undergraduate sat in a lecture about the artist.
—Domenica Bongiovanni, IndyStar, 26 Sep. 2025
Those that came with an undergraduate degree in computer science to thrive, persist, and graduate with a master's and go work in industry.
—Laura Isensee, Scientific American, 25 Sep. 2025
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Erik Pedersen, Oc Register, 30 Sep. 2025
Nachmanoff is a 1995 graduate of the University of Virginia School of Law and received his undergraduate degree from Wesleyan University in 1991.
—Ella Lee, The Hill, 26 Sep. 2025
How Pantzer fell in love with Turner The Indianapolis art collector traced his love of Turner to a single moment in 1914 — the day when the Harvard University undergraduate sat in a lecture about the artist.
—Domenica Bongiovanni, IndyStar, 26 Sep. 2025
Those that came with an undergraduate degree in computer science to thrive, persist, and graduate with a master's and go work in industry.
—Laura Isensee, Scientific American, 25 Sep. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for undergraduate
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The Policy Forum’s analysis found that educators in Wisconsin’s small districts were more likely to exit their jobs, as well as those working in urban districts and districts with mostly low-income students or students of color.—
Kayla Huynh,
jsonline.com,
6 Oct. 2025
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Numbers provided by Cincinnati Public Schools show that the school district had 4,326 homeless students last year, representing a 77% increase from a decade prior, despite total student enrollment increasing by only 538 students over the same period of time.—
Elizabeth B. Kim,
Cincinnati Enquirer,
6 Oct. 2025
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Researchers at Imperial College London, Kyushu Sangyo University (in Fukuoka, Japan), and Georgia State University, studied just a small group—518 postgraduate students.—
Elisabeth Sherman,
Parents,
16 Sep. 2025
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In China, students must pass a highly competitive national postgraduate entrance exam and then study for at least two years before landing a master’s degree.—
Joyce Jiang,
CNN Money,
13 Sep. 2025
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In recent months, as despotism intensified an increasing number of writers, scholars, and thinkers were declared foreign agents, and their books were taken off the shelves.—
Nina Khrushcheva,
Time,
3 Oct. 2025
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Dozens of press freedom groups and more than 100 leading writers, journalists and scholars called for Guevara’s release from ICE detention.—
Liam Reilly,
CNN Money,
3 Oct. 2025
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“Undergraduate.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/undergraduate. Accessed 6 Oct. 2025.
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