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a scheme of rank or order
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Recent Examples of graduation
The film focuses on a group of young people from the area whose high school graduation day was affected by the tornado.
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Greta Cross, USA TODAY, 17 Mar. 2025
All told, just 27 states and the District of Columbia include some form of economics coursework as a high school graduation requirement.
—Richard Lorenc, Twin Cities, 16 Mar. 2025
Following her high school graduation, Vanessa began modeling in the late 1990s before she was ultimately signed to the Wilhelmina modeling agency, per The New York Times.
—Jordana Comiter, People.com, 14 Mar. 2025
One concern brought up by committee members was the spring and the several obstacles athletic directors face starting with poor early season weather and school events such as graduation which tend to run during the tournament, forcing schools to move dates around.
—Danny Ventura, Boston Herald, 13 Mar. 2025
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Greta Cross, USA TODAY, 17 Mar. 2025
All told, just 27 states and the District of Columbia include some form of economics coursework as a high school graduation requirement.
—Richard Lorenc, Twin Cities, 16 Mar. 2025
Following her high school graduation, Vanessa began modeling in the late 1990s before she was ultimately signed to the Wilhelmina modeling agency, per The New York Times.
—Jordana Comiter, People.com, 14 Mar. 2025
One concern brought up by committee members was the spring and the several obstacles athletic directors face starting with poor early season weather and school events such as graduation which tend to run during the tournament, forcing schools to move dates around.
—Danny Ventura, Boston Herald, 13 Mar. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for graduation
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Spieth has four top 10’s in eight starts at TPC San Antonio and two top 10’s so far this season as the former world No. 1 (2015-16) tries to move up from No. 66 in the current world golf rankings.—
Jay Ginsbach,
Forbes.com,
1 Apr. 2025
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The 16-year-old Swiss sensation, who claimed her fifth title of 1997 at the Lipton Championships on March 29, supplants Steffi Graf in the WTA Tour rankings.—
Austin Knoblauch,
Los Angeles Times,
31 Mar. 2025
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The show, with music and lyrics by Cyndi Lauper, follows a working-class woman who dreams of moving up the corporate ladder.—
Noah Lyons,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
28 Mar. 2025
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People in different countries rank their happiness by imagining a ladder with 10 steps.—
Anthony Robledo,
USA TODAY,
20 Mar. 2025
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Sylvia Wynter – Questions colonial and racial hierarchies that shape dominant visual paradigms.—
Alessia Glaviano,
Vogue,
18 Mar. 2025
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Saylor, famously bullish on bitcoin, said the cryptocurrency sits at the top of a hierarchy of assets as a digital commodity; followed by digital currencies, or stablecoins; tokenized stocks and bonds that can circulate 24/7; and finally, digital tokens.—
Tanaya Macheel,
CNBC,
17 Mar. 2025
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Yet the organization that cracks this puzzle, delivering a holistic, user-friendly experience at scale, could seize a massive share of the consumer finance market.—
Zennon Kapron,
Forbes.com,
28 Mar. 2025
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Nobody knows for sure, since deep-sea mining has never been done at commercial scale.—
Daniel Ackerman,
NPR,
27 Mar. 2025
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In the Yankees’ opening series against the Milwaukee Brewers, Volpe hit two home runs using a torpedo bat.—
Chris Kirschner,
New York Times,
1 Apr. 2025
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The original series is set in the distant future in what is known as the Universal Century, as human colonies in space fight for independence from Earth.—
Katcy Stephan,
Variety,
1 Apr. 2025
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“Graduation.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/graduation. Accessed 3 Apr. 2025.
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