undergraduates

plural of undergraduate

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Recent Examples of undergraduates Basically every college tour on an American campus will include a schtick about how undergraduates can participate in faculty research. Ian Bogost, The Atlantic, 17 Sep. 2026 Julia is recruited by a study group drilling for the Putnam Test — a six-hour math competition for undergraduates considered the most prestigious in the world. Matt Donnelly, Variety, 16 Sep. 2026 International students comprised about 4% of undergraduates in the 2025-26 school year. Texas Tribune, CBS News, 15 Sep. 2026 Based on a survey of college undergraduates about their perceptions and experiences regarding free speech on their campuses, the organization gives each school a score, grade and rank. Tarini Mehta, Sacbee.com, 14 Sep. 2026 The campus will initially support 1,200 undergraduates, with the potential to expand to up to 4,000 students. Eric Berger, ArsTechnica, 11 Sep. 2026 The total fall enrollment at the University of Iowa for 2026 was 31,382 students, including undergraduates, graduates and professional students. Lucia Cheng, Des Moines Register, 10 Sep. 2026 By this time, the crude deep-learning techniques behind WHEEP-3 had long become obsolete, and similar neural networks were only used as toys in problem sets intended for first-year undergraduates. Literary Hub, 9 Sep. 2026 The school, located about 20 minutes from downtown Philadelphia, sits on a 110-acre campus and enrolls approximately 3,100 undergraduates and 2,700 postgraduate students, per the school’s official website. Toria Sheffield, PEOPLE, 6 Sep. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for undergraduates
Noun
  • Musical selections will bee provided by students from Havre de Grace High School.
    The Baltimore Sun, Baltimore Sun, 8 Sep. 2026
  • If the data are screened for students from low-income families, most of the performance gap disappears.
    Francesca Pinney, Los Angeles Times, 8 Sep. 2026
Noun
  • In recent years, some scholars have proposed reexamining them as a framework for the legal rights of nature.
    Amelia Soth, JSTOR Daily, 16 Sep. 2026
  • Activist networks and legal scholars are rehearsing doomsday scenarios, planning mass protests and advising judges on ballot seizures and ICE deployments, underscoring fears that the midterms could stress-test American democracy.
    Nicholas Riccardi, Los Angeles Times, 14 Sep. 2026

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“Undergraduates.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/undergraduates. Accessed 20 Sep. 2026.

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