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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
It was pushed by Associated Students, which represents the school’s 35,442 undergraduates — the largest number of undergrads in the University of California system.
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Gary Robbins, San Diego Union-Tribune, 25 Feb. 2026
The small school gained a national reputation for preparing Black undergraduates for medical professions and for producing graduates in fields such as biology, chemistry, physics and pharmacy.
—ABC News, 18 Feb. 2026
Thousands of Princeton undergraduates took it upon themselves to search the nearby woods, despite official concerns about contaminating potential evidence.
—Kase Wickman, Vanity Fair, 7 Feb. 2026
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.
—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
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
People often complain—and rightly so—that the typical exercise science study involves a half-dozen male undergraduates who follow some sort of workout routine for a couple of weeks.
—Alex Hutchinson, Outside, 30 Jan. 2026
Her father is Ronald Lauder, who has known Trump since the two were undergraduates together at the University of Pennsylvania’s Wharton School.
—Eva Roytburg, Fortune, 30 Jan. 2026
Gary Robbins, San Diego Union-Tribune, 25 Feb. 2026
The small school gained a national reputation for preparing Black undergraduates for medical professions and for producing graduates in fields such as biology, chemistry, physics and pharmacy.
—ABC News, 18 Feb. 2026
Thousands of Princeton undergraduates took it upon themselves to search the nearby woods, despite official concerns about contaminating potential evidence.
—Kase Wickman, Vanity Fair, 7 Feb. 2026
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.
—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
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
People often complain—and rightly so—that the typical exercise science study involves a half-dozen male undergraduates who follow some sort of workout routine for a couple of weeks.
—Alex Hutchinson, Outside, 30 Jan. 2026
Her father is Ronald Lauder, who has known Trump since the two were undergraduates together at the University of Pennsylvania’s Wharton School.
—Eva Roytburg, Fortune, 30 Jan. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for undergraduates
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Northwood’s culinary students were always churning out great food — lasagna, chicken cordon bleu, and Cornish hens served in warm nests of baked bread — and no one wanted to miss the meals.—
Keith O'Brien,
Rolling Stone,
22 Feb. 2026
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School breakfast While magnet school funding would decrease by $12 million, Lamont’s proposal for universal free school breakfast for all public school students would cost the same amount — $12 million.—
Christopher Keating,
Hartford Courant,
22 Feb. 2026
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Altogether, Lorant’s popularization of Lincoln photos took the topic out of the hands of scholars and collectors and moved it into the hands and homes of everyday people.—
Mark B. Pohlad,
Chicago Tribune,
20 Feb. 2026
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The lack of First Amendment protections from the nation's high court has agitated some legal scholars who see the protections for free speech and petitioning the government as deeply connected to public employees' labor rights.—
Helen Rummel,
AZCentral.com,
19 Feb. 2026
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“Undergraduates.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/undergraduates. Accessed 27 Feb. 2026.
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