How to Use matriculation in a Sentence

matriculation

noun
  • Zoey’s all-over-the-place energy has made her matriculation at Cal U a pretty chaotic ride, to say the least.
    Rivea Ruff, Essence, 27 Jan. 2022
  • During my matriculation at State, Don Coryell’s football teams — small college for the first three of them — lost one game and tied another.
    San Diego Union-Tribune, 27 Mar. 2021
  • Zionist high school, a private school with some government funding, was ranked by Le Parisien as the city’s best last year, with a perfect matriculation score among its graduates.
    Cnaan Liphshiz, sun-sentinel.com, 28 Oct. 2020
  • For the actor, his faux-matriculation at Cal U alongside his Grown-ish co-stars is a bond-building experience of self-discovery, much like the like college experience.
    Rivea Ruff, Essence, 26 Jan. 2022
  • River’s matriculation at Bourne Memorial High School causes a ruckus among the local youths, who early on give him regular beatings.
    Washington Post, 22 June 2021
  • And that’s what everyone saw at Folsom — healthy matriculation.
    Gordon Monson, The Salt Lake Tribune, 12 Dec. 2020
  • Like other bright boys, he was steered toward a career in the church, studying at the University of Padua for two years in his early teens (a normal matriculation age for the period), then becoming an abate, or priest-in-training.
    Clare Bucknell, Harper’s Magazine , 26 Oct. 2022
  • Hands has been Mesa College’s vice president for student services since 2016 and has also served as the college’s student affairs dean and acting dean of student development and matriculation.
    San Diego Union-Tribune, 20 May 2022
  • Another year, another round of rock 'n' roll matriculation.
    Nicole Fallert, USA TODAY, 2 Feb. 2023
  • Dear White People ends with this fourth season, and, though a four-year college matriculation is customary, this curtain call is about two seasons too late because its creative direction actually harmed its plot progression over time.
    Ineye Komonibo, refinery29.com, 29 Sep. 2021
  • There are a number of factors driving the mismatch between kids’ initial college aspirations and their eventual matriculation.
    Kat McKim, Fortune, 24 Mar. 2022
  • If they were prompted, universities could reduce costs from matriculation to degree, including labor (the number of administrators and teachers) and reductions in campus bricks and mortar.
    Phillip Molnar, San Diego Union-Tribune, 14 May 2021
  • During his undergraduate matriculation, the hitmaker studied a wide range of music, including jazz harmony which has heavily influenced his style through the years.
    Darlene Aderoju, Peoplemag, 9 Feb. 2023
  • And if yours is one where continuing education is not a given, then acceptances and subsequent college matriculation (or graduates headed for trade school or an apprenticeship) may well be an outright triumph.
    New York Times, 7 May 2021
  • McDonalds believes students should be able to focus on their curriculum/ studies and not have to be burdened with financial stresses during their matriculation and McDonald’s franchise owners nationwide are committed to supporting the movement.
    Ashley McDonough, Essence, 16 Dec. 2022
  • An alternative matriculation date can give students access to rare scholarship opportunities, smaller faculty-to-student ratios, and prepare them for residency.
    Kristen Moon, Forbes, 19 Jan. 2022
  • Johns Hopkins University direct matriculation program in international studies, master’s degree.
    oregonlive, 7 Apr. 2021

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