collegians

noun

Definition of collegiansnext
plural of collegian
as in undergraduates

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  1. undergraduates
  2. students
  3. readers
  4. scholars
  5. pupils
Noun
  • In November, leading universities like MIT, Carnegie Mellon University, the University of Texas and Brandeis announced free tuition programs for undergraduates meeting certain income requirements.
    Michael T. Nietzel, Forbes, 20 Dec. 2024
  • In 2013, nearly 90% of UW-Green Bay's student body were undergraduates.
    Kelly Meyerhofer, Journal Sentinel, 18 Dec. 2024
Definition of undergraduates
Noun
  • The long-term goal is to turn the 30-acre campus into a humming technology and innovation hub for students, startups, the company’s electric vehicle program and old-fashioned brick-and-mortar ventures like anchor tenant Yellow Light, the station’s first indoor eatery since 1988.
    Patrick Sauer, Smithsonian Magazine, 24 Dec. 2024
  • Instead, school libraries have long served as vehicles to expose students to a broad array of ideas from authors who express unique, personal points of view.
    Jim Saunders, Orlando Sentinel, 24 Dec. 2024
Definition of students
Noun
  • Decide below, then see what readers across the globe think.
    Vogue, Vogue, 6 Jan. 2025
  • Exclusive Bonuses To help our readers get the most out of their gambling experience, online casino bonus codes should be attractive and have fair terms.
    Matthew Gover, Miami Herald, 6 Jan. 2025
Definition of readers
Noun
  • Griswold’s story was so thoroughly accepted that, through the 20th century, no one, including academic scholars, thought to question it.
    David B. Parker, The Conversation, 6 Jan. 2025
  • This Chesapeake Bay island is so isolated that some scholars believe the accent here still retains traces of Elizabethan English, from way back when it was settled in the 17th century.
    Nicholas DeRenzo, AFAR Media, 6 Jan. 2025
Definition of scholars
Noun
  • Because of the way our pupils change in response to brain activity, signaling states such as arousal, there's been some evidence that, when asleep, the eyes may offer similar clues reflecting neural processes.
    New Atlas, New Atlas, 2 Jan. 2025
  • Keown, their younger brother, is among the current pupils.
    Daniel Taylor, The Athletic, 2 Jan. 2025
Definition of pupils
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