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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 undergraduates
Community colleges alone enroll roughly 44% of all undergraduates, yet they are rarely featured in mainstream narratives.
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Yolanda Watson Spiva, Fortune, 8 Nov. 2025
Scholarships for Aspiring Designers are also going to be distributed to undergraduates and graduate students and will vary between $25,000 and $75,000.
—Rosemary Feitelberg, Footwear News, 30 Oct. 2025
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.
—Joshua Rhett Miller, MSNBC Newsweek, 25 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
This marks a big increase from the 340,000 Hispanic undergraduates who attended an HSI in 1995.
—Joseph Morales, The Conversation, 10 Oct. 2025
In the face of declining new student enrollment, Duval said the university should instead focus on beefing up its endowment and attracting undergraduates.
—Rebecca Noel, Charlotte Observer, 9 Oct. 2025
The window will be for undergraduates and graduate transfers.
—Arkansas Online, 8 Oct. 2025
Our university, like many in the United States, provides digital versions of a range of newspapers from around the globe, but usage statistics remain low—especially among undergraduates.
—Joshua Finnell, JSTOR Daily, 1 Oct. 2025
Yolanda Watson Spiva, Fortune, 8 Nov. 2025
Scholarships for Aspiring Designers are also going to be distributed to undergraduates and graduate students and will vary between $25,000 and $75,000.
—Rosemary Feitelberg, Footwear News, 30 Oct. 2025
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.
—Joshua Rhett Miller, MSNBC Newsweek, 25 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
This marks a big increase from the 340,000 Hispanic undergraduates who attended an HSI in 1995.
—Joseph Morales, The Conversation, 10 Oct. 2025
In the face of declining new student enrollment, Duval said the university should instead focus on beefing up its endowment and attracting undergraduates.
—Rebecca Noel, Charlotte Observer, 9 Oct. 2025
The window will be for undergraduates and graduate transfers.
—Arkansas Online, 8 Oct. 2025
Our university, like many in the United States, provides digital versions of a range of newspapers from around the globe, but usage statistics remain low—especially among undergraduates.
—Joshua Finnell, JSTOR Daily, 1 Oct. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for undergraduates
Noun
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Four students and the Suburban's driver were transported to a local hospital, Murphy said, adding that the bus driver was not injured.—
Arkansas Online,
Arkansas Online,
6 Nov. 2025
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The event was being filmed and numerous students were recording it on their phones.—
Robert Birsel,
MSNBC Newsweek,
6 Nov. 2025
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Rolling Stone spoke with two scholars who explain that the clips, overwhelmingly targeting Black women, play on decades-old stereotypes used to slander welfare recipients.—
Andre Gee,
Rolling Stone,
6 Nov. 2025
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Multiple scholars focus on the Black and Native experiences, allowing those sides of the stories to feel like more than mere footnotes, if never truly focal.—
Daniel Fienberg,
HollywoodReporter,
6 Nov. 2025
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“Undergraduates.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/undergraduates. Accessed 16 Nov. 2025.
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