as in student
a person enrolled in a college or university who has not yet earned a degree
a group of college undergraduates
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Black, a New York native who moved to South Florida for his studies as an undergraduate and law student at the University of Miami, died on Monday at his home in Coral Gables at 80 after battling an illness while still continuing to work at his storied law firm on Biscayne Boulevard.
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Jay Weaver, Miami Herald, 22 July 2025
The university’s school of business is currently in development and brings together the university’s business and communication studies programs, including undergraduate, adult undergraduate and graduate programs and certificates, according to a Bethel university publication.
—Imani Cruzen, Twin Cities, 21 July 2025
In fiscal year 2021, the University of Chicago earned net tuition revenue of $31,500 per undergraduate.
—Clifford Ando, Chicago Tribune, 14 July 2025
The University of Wisconsin System is proposing a 5% tuition increase for most resident undergraduates for the 2025-26 school year.
—Cleo Krejci, jsonline.com, 9 July 2025
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Jay Weaver, Miami Herald, 22 July 2025
The university’s school of business is currently in development and brings together the university’s business and communication studies programs, including undergraduate, adult undergraduate and graduate programs and certificates, according to a Bethel university publication.
—Imani Cruzen, Twin Cities, 21 July 2025
In fiscal year 2021, the University of Chicago earned net tuition revenue of $31,500 per undergraduate.
—Clifford Ando, Chicago Tribune, 14 July 2025
The University of Wisconsin System is proposing a 5% tuition increase for most resident undergraduates for the 2025-26 school year.
—Cleo Krejci, jsonline.com, 9 July 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for undergraduate
Noun
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The institute includes a medical school, which took in its first students on July 14.—
Arkansas Online,
Arkansas Online,
15 Aug. 2025
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Teachers plan to stand up for their students Like school administrators, teachers expressed their commitment to protect students and their families.—
Rebekah Riess,
CNN Money,
14 Aug. 2025
Noun
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Financial education should be embedded into the student experience as a core element of postgraduate readiness.—
Jane Swift,
Fortune,
31 July 2025
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Among her peers, the opportunity to pursue postgraduate studies at an American university was the runaway first choice.—
Lavender Au,
The Atlantic,
2 July 2025
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On every episode of this podcast, host Lena Crown speaks with writers, artists, critics, and scholars across generations who have awakened something for one another.—
Awakeners
August 7,
Literary Hub,
7 Aug. 2025
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Yet Putin, who likely has a coterie of scholars on international criminal law who have explained to him the mechanics of personal immunity, is likely to do everything to hold onto power for as long as possible, to avoid losing his protection from trial for war crimes and armed aggression.—
Kevin Holden Platt,
Forbes.com,
7 Aug. 2025
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“Undergraduate.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/undergraduate. Accessed 22 Aug. 2025.
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