How to Use commencement in a Sentence

commencement

noun

• A poet will speak at the commencement.
• The pandemic was a strong theme among those who spoke at commencement, with several students talking about the challenges of the pandemic.
  — James T. Norman, chicagotribune.com, 4 June 2021
• The school held a drive-through diploma pick-up, like last year, to celebrate commencement Friday and 157 graduates drove through.
  — Kristen Griffith, baltimoresun.com/maryland/carroll, 5 June 2021
• The closest in scope to Stanford’s commencement was at Santa Clara University.
  — Sam Whiting, San Francisco Chronicle, 13 June 2021
• And at the end of her four years she was invited to give the commencement speech.
  — Johanna Mayer, Scientific American, 21 Sep. 2023
• On commencement day, Massey was the last of his classmates to put on his cap and gown.
  — Aaron Morrison, BostonGlobe.com, 3 July 2023
• On commencement day, Mr. Massey was the last of his classmates to put on his cap and gown.
  — Aaron Morrison, The Christian Science Monitor, 29 June 2023
• Tran was in the class of 2020, so her spring commencement was virtual.
  — Hannah Kirby, Journal Sentinel, 2 July 2024
• James Jackson, one of the four, savored his first commencement.
  — Nick Anderson, Washington Post, 18 May 2022
• Most of the work is expected to begin after the May 11 commencement.
  — Harrison Mantas, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 3 Apr. 2024
• The next few days in Paris will see incredible excitement with the commencement of the Olympic Games Paris 2024.
  — Vogue, 25 July 2024
• This marks the commencement of an exciting new chapter, one that Al has poured his heart and soul into.
  — Mike Fleming Jr, Deadline, 1 Aug. 2024
• But most schools award degrees during commencements held in May or June.
  — Gary Robbins, San Diego Union-Tribune, 8 Dec. 2023
• The first game and the 161 that follow matter equally in the standings, but there’s a significance that belongs to the commencement.
  — Nathan Ruiz, Baltimore Sun, 1 Apr. 2023
• Furthermore, the sale of your business will not be the commencement of your retirement.
  — Rich Gunn, Forbes, 5 July 2022
• There’s one day of the year that has continued to have the Internet in rapture since its commencement: the release of Pantone’s Color of the Year.
  — Merrell Readman, Travel + Leisure, 11 Dec. 2023
• Those hosts all returned to the air within a few weeks of the commencement of the strike, but without pre-written material.
  — Gene Maddaus, Variety, 15 Sep. 2023
• Her father even served as the commencement speaker that year, according to the Hartford Courant.
  — Francesca Gariano, Peoplemag, 24 Feb. 2024
• The commencement ceremony honoring the class of 2024 was over, but the show had just begun.
  — Melissa Gomez, Los Angeles Times, 23 July 2024
• There is no free-speech entitlement to speak at a commencement.
  — Jaweed Kaleem, Los Angeles Times, 16 Apr. 2024
• In 2006, at the end of his first term on the court, the new chief set out his vision in a commencement address at Georgetown University Law Center.
  — Ruth Marcus, Washington Post, 12 July 2024
• Niles West High School seniors braved a windy day to take their seats for commencement outdoors on an athletic field at the Skokie school.
  — Chicago Tribune, 24 May 2022
• And so Min’s commencement walk ended in a teary embrace with his family.
  — Matt Stevens, New York Times, 9 Aug. 2023
• No decision has been made about commencement, which is still scheduled for May 23.
  — Bill Glauber, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 13 Aug. 2021
• The commencement, a ticketed event for 2022 graduates and their guests, will also be livestreamed.
  — Compiled Democrat-Gazette Staff From Wire Reports, Arkansas Online, 7 Mar. 2022
• In the background, a clip of Toni Morrison’s 2004 commencement speech at Wellesley College announces the girls’ coming of age.
  — Isabel Yip, NBC News, 21 June 2024
• But of course, most people think of the full pomp and circumstance that is associated with the commencement from high school or college.
  — Abby Dupes, Seventeen, 7 June 2022
• Federer’s commencement speech ought to be required reading for all adults, not just Tiafoe.
  — Sally Jenkins, Washington Post, 6 July 2024
• Don’t mourn the end of summer — celebrate the commencement of the holiday weekend instead.
  — Kristine Solomon, Travel + Leisure, 2 Sep. 2023
• The meeting took place shortly before the commencement of his impeachment trial in the Senate.
  — Mariam Khan, ABC News, 12 Jan. 2022

Last Updated: 12 Nov 2024