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Recent Examples of commencement Nearly 33,000 people attended Stanford University’s 134th commencement at Stanford Stadium on Sunday. Jane Tyska, Mercury News, 16 June 2025 More than 8,600 Anteaters will earn their degrees over the weekend in 12 commencement ceremonies hosted by UC Irvine in its Bren Events Center. Jonathan Horwitz, Oc Register, 13 June 2025 Nationalists criticized any possible hint of anti-communist leanings at the school, such as not prominently displaying the Vietnamese flag at commencement. Stephanie Yang, Los Angeles Times, 8 June 2025 As commencement ceremonies celebrate the promise of a new generation of graduates, one question looms: will AI make their education pointless? Erik Otárola-Castillo, Time, 7 June 2025 See All Example Sentences for commencement
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Noun
  • Bulls will point to yesterday’s event as just the beginning of an exciting path of growth.
    Alex Harring, CNBC, 23 June 2025
  • He’s been trying really from the beginning to bring the 10 Black mob families together.
    Aramide Tinubu, Variety, 23 June 2025
Noun
  • Shohei Ohtani pitched one hitless inning in his second mound start of the season before hitting a three-run triple and a two-run homer, and Max Muncy had a grand slam and a three-run homer in the Los Angeles Dodgers’ 13-7 victory over the Washington Nationals on Sunday.
    Greg Beacham, Chicago Tribune, 23 June 2025
  • Shohei Ohtani, who will make his second pitching start of the season Sunday afternoon, went 0 for 4 with two strikeouts.
    Benjamin Royer, Los Angeles Times, 22 June 2025
Noun
  • Since its inception, the CHNV program allowed over 500,000 individuals to enter the United States.
    Billal Rahman, MSNBC Newsweek, 13 June 2025
  • The international expansion comes after Anti Social Social Club had largely stuck to its direct-to-consumer, drop model since its inception.
    Tianwei Zhang, Footwear News, 13 June 2025
Noun
  • In the five years prior to the onset of the pandemic, the overall crime rate sat between 8 and 9.5 acts per 1,000 students.
    Rebecca Noel, Charlotte Observer, 18 June 2025
  • Since then, city leaders added hundreds of new employees and, since the onset of the COVID pandemic, relied on one-time funding to balance the books.
    Daniel Borenstein, Mercury News, 17 June 2025
Noun
  • In contrast, Iran’s unprecedented launch of hundreds of missiles and drones deliberately targets Israeli civilians — firing at major cities, neighborhoods and population centers, aiming to murder as many innocent people as possible — Jews, Christians and Muslims alike.
    Laurence Milstein, Sun Sentinel, 24 June 2025
  • Iran denied any missile launch after the ceasefire began and condemned Israel’s pre-dawn attacks.
    Nik Popli, Time, 24 June 2025

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