How to Use magna cum laude in a Sentence
magna cum laude
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Rashad, a theater major, graduated magna cum laude from Howard with a bachelor’s in fine arts in 1970.
—Ellen McGirt, Fortune, 12 May 2021
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Meyers would return to earn a master's degree in business, magna cum laude, at Carnegie Tech, before heading to Detroit to work at Chrysler.
—Detroit Free Press, 27 June 2023
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The bride, 28, and groom, 29, met at the University of Pennsylvania, from which each graduated magna cum laude.
—New York Times, 17 June 2018
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The bride graduated magna cum laude from Yale, and received a medical degree from Johns Hopkins.
—New York Times, 3 June 2018
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By 2010, Ferguson had a master’s degree in teaching and had graduated from law school magna cum laude.
—Washington Post, 2 Jan. 2020
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After graduating magna cum laude in 1937, Lombardi coached high school football and taught Latin and science.
—Richard Gunderman, The Conversation, 16 Dec. 2019
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The groom graduated magna cum laude from Cornell, and received a Ph.D. in psychology from Harvard.
—New York Times, 3 June 2018
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Kylie Freitas of Escondido, magna cum laude, B.S. in marketing.
—Laura Groch, San Diego Union-Tribune, 19 Nov. 2020
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Holland graduated magna cum laude from the University of Texas in Dallas with a degree in economics and finance.
—Anna Canzano, oregonlive, 16 Mar. 2020
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Kayla Kinsler graduated magna cum laude from Howard University this past spring.
—NBC News, 5 Aug. 2021
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The bride graduated magna cum laude from the University of Arkansas with a bachelor's degree in nursing.
—Cary Jenkins, Arkansas Online, 23 Oct. 2022
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Crossman graduated magna cum laude from Cleveland-Marshall College of Law.
—Jeremy Pelzer, cleveland, 17 Oct. 2022
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Faris played safety at Duke, graduating magna cum laude with a degree in economics in 2011 before starting his coaching career.
—Ben Bolch, Los Angeles Times, 19 Jan. 2022
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The school cited mental health as a reason for the change and will still offer the Latin distinctions of summa cum laude, magna cum laude and cum laude in an effort to encourage high achievement without as much pressure and competition.
—Rachel Berry, Cincinnati.com, 12 June 2019
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West graduated magna cum laude from Harvard and obtained his master's and Ph.D. in philosophy at Princeton.
—Ryan Anderson, Arkansas Online, 17 Jan. 2023
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Banks, 45, and Handelman, 46, attended the University of Pennsylvania, where Banks went on to graduate as magna cum laude.
—Ale Russian, PEOPLE.com, 22 Nov. 2019
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Blitzer graduated magna cum laude from the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania, which is the university’s business school.
—Tim Bielik, cleveland, 16 June 2022
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With trainer Bobby Cramer acting as his mentor, Duchossois graduated magna cum laude from his crash course in the theory and practice of thoroughbred racing.
—Neil Milbert, chicagotribune.com, 28 Jan. 2022
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While this is the first time the school didn’t honor a valedictorian or salutatorian, 24 students graduated summa cum laude, nine students magna cum laude and 10 cum laude.
—John Benson, cleveland, 6 June 2022
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McLoughlin graduated magna cum laude in 2012 from the University of Maryland and worked at an insurance company.
—Washington Post, 5 Apr. 2018
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Belinda graduated magna cum laude with a bachelor’s in business administration, one of the top students in their class of 457 graduates.
—Hilary Shenfeld, PEOPLE.com, 19 Dec. 2017
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Also a 2020 magna cum laude graduate from Northwestern, Ms. Pura has a bachelor’s degree in biochemistry.
—New York Times, 19 Aug. 2022
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Joan graduated magna cum laude from Salve Regina University.
—courant.com, 24 Nov. 2019
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Munger entered law school without an undergraduate degree and graduated magna cum laude.
—CNN, 15 Dec. 2021
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The bride is a magna cum laude graduate of Baylor University with a bachelor's degree in corporate communications.
—Cary Jenkins, Arkansas Online, 23 Oct. 2022
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Megan, 30, was a medical researcher who had graduated magna cum laude from the University of Oklahoma and been a high school valedictorian and National Merit scholar.
—Erin Patrick O'Connor, Washington Post, 12 Dec. 2022
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Tony was a literature concentrator at Harvard, graduating magna cum laude in 1987, and is a graduate-school dropout in American literature (Johns Hopkins: thank you, next!).
—Alex Weprin, The Hollywood Reporter, 21 Feb. 2023
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And, at the May 2018 commencement, Rondini will be awarded a magna cum laude bachelor of science degree with an accompanying certificate from the university's Honors College.
—Carol Robinson, AL.com, 27 Feb. 2018
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Graduated magna cum laude with a sociology degree from Princeton.
—CNN, 29 Dec. 2021
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Meghan McHugh graduated magna cum laude with a bachelor’s of science degree in mechanical engineering.
—Michelle Mullins, Naperville Sun, 1 June 2018
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