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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 plan would cap A grades at 20% of undergraduates, with some flexibility, across courses and departments if it’s approved by faculty ahead of the 2026-2027 school year, Amanda Claybaugh, dean of undergraduate education, said in an email on Friday that included a 19-page outline of the plan.
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Bloomberg News, Boston Herald, 7 Feb. 2026
The total number of undergraduates at UCF was 42,128, with 478 men (224) and women (254) participating on athletic teams.
—Matt Murschel, The Orlando Sentinel, 6 Feb. 2026
Chari taught graduate and undergraduate classes in electric power engineering and mentored many master’s and doctoral students.
—IEEE Spectrum, 4 Feb. 2026
Of the current Emory undergraduates who are residents of the state, 95% of them were using HOPE or Zell Miller to help pay for school.
—Irene Wright, USA Today, 4 Feb. 2026
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Bloomberg News, Boston Herald, 7 Feb. 2026
The total number of undergraduates at UCF was 42,128, with 478 men (224) and women (254) participating on athletic teams.
—Matt Murschel, The Orlando Sentinel, 6 Feb. 2026
Chari taught graduate and undergraduate classes in electric power engineering and mentored many master’s and doctoral students.
—IEEE Spectrum, 4 Feb. 2026
Of the current Emory undergraduates who are residents of the state, 95% of them were using HOPE or Zell Miller to help pay for school.
—Irene Wright, USA Today, 4 Feb. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for undergraduate
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Three months ago, GE Vernova struck a $50 million partnership with MIT, covering research funding, graduate student fellowships, internships, and professional development programs for its own executives.—
Andrew Edgecliffe-Johnson,
semafor.com,
6 Feb. 2026
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The lawsuit claims that footage from the bus showed Robinson never forced the students to take a candy bag and that some parents thanked her.—
DeJanay Booth-Singleton,
CBS News,
5 Feb. 2026
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If the paths for getting there—which may include postgraduate study in a doctoral program or professional school—are diminishing, then college itself will follow suit.—
Ian Bogost,
The Atlantic,
29 Jan. 2026
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Give me the grizzled wisdom and experience of someone in their 50s or 60s; give me Esther Perel and Orna Guralnik; give me someone with a postgraduate certificate in relationship counseling at the very least.—
Zing Tsjeng,
Vogue,
26 Dec. 2025
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In the face of widespread pessimism about the political fate of the United States and growing political polarization, scholars and citizens across the country are reimagining how American democracy could better serve the needs of the whole population.—
Jennifer Lynn McCoy,
The Conversation,
11 Feb. 2026
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Obviously, as a scholar of the reality-television arts and sciences, this final reason is the most interesting to me.—
Brian Moylan,
Vulture,
11 Feb. 2026
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“Undergraduate.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/undergraduate. Accessed 18 Feb. 2026.
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