as in postgraduate
of or relating to schooling done after earning a bachelor's degree
The team is conducting graduate research on the effects of climate change. She plans to begin graduate school in the fall.
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While in the Navy, Carter took graduate courses in nuclear physics and served as a submariner on the USS Pomfret.
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Scott Kraft, Los Angeles Times, 29 Dec. 2024
In 2013, two graduate students at the Harvard University Graduate School of Design launched a petition asking the Pritzker Committee to correct the oversight and retroactively acknowledge Scott Brown, leading to a swell of press and support.
—Elizabeth Stamp, Architectural Digest, 25 Dec. 2024
Vanderbilt’s position is that graduate students are students and do not meet the definition of an employee, the university said.
—Kim Jarrett | The Center Square, Washington Examiner - Political News and Conservative Analysis About Congress, the President, and the Federal Government, 20 Dec. 2024
Justin Sullivan/Getty Images The 2023-24 school year saw more international students in the United States than ever before — setting a new record largely driven by graduate students and recent graduates in internship-type programs.
—Juliana Kim, NPR, 26 Nov. 2024
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Scott Kraft, Los Angeles Times, 29 Dec. 2024
In 2013, two graduate students at the Harvard University Graduate School of Design launched a petition asking the Pritzker Committee to correct the oversight and retroactively acknowledge Scott Brown, leading to a swell of press and support.
—Elizabeth Stamp, Architectural Digest, 25 Dec. 2024
Vanderbilt’s position is that graduate students are students and do not meet the definition of an employee, the university said.
—Kim Jarrett | The Center Square, Washington Examiner - Political News and Conservative Analysis About Congress, the President, and the Federal Government, 20 Dec. 2024
Justin Sullivan/Getty Images The 2023-24 school year saw more international students in the United States than ever before — setting a new record largely driven by graduate students and recent graduates in internship-type programs.
—Juliana Kim, NPR, 26 Nov. 2024
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“Graduate.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/graduate. Accessed 20 Jan. 2025.
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