as in student
a person enrolled in a college or university who has not yet earned a degree
a group of college undergraduates
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Recent Examples of undergraduate
And two days later, Kevin would be back in class, just another undergraduate studying for exams.
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Ellen Barry, New York Times, 30 Dec. 2024
And while much of the focus has been on undergraduates, levels of student loan debt among those receiving master’s degrees is a more severe issue.
—Jeffrey Sonnenfeld, TIME, 28 Dec. 2024
The cost to attend CU Boulder for an in-state undergraduate is about $35,000 a year — including tuition, room and board, and books — before any scholarships or financial aid are applied.
—Elizabeth Hernandez, The Denver Post, 18 Jan. 2025
Roughly 13,000 students, including about 9,000 undergraduates, attend school on the 1,265-acre campus.
—Lauren Merola, The Athletic, 17 Jan. 2025
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Ellen Barry, New York Times, 30 Dec. 2024
And while much of the focus has been on undergraduates, levels of student loan debt among those receiving master’s degrees is a more severe issue.
—Jeffrey Sonnenfeld, TIME, 28 Dec. 2024
The cost to attend CU Boulder for an in-state undergraduate is about $35,000 a year — including tuition, room and board, and books — before any scholarships or financial aid are applied.
—Elizabeth Hernandez, The Denver Post, 18 Jan. 2025
Roughly 13,000 students, including about 9,000 undergraduates, attend school on the 1,265-acre campus.
—Lauren Merola, The Athletic, 17 Jan. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for undergraduate
Noun
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Williams would show up at a high school in his dress uniform and pick out the most charismatic student.—
Dexter Filkins,
The New Yorker,
3 Feb. 2025
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Temple University said the student who was arrested was placed on an interim suspension.—
Julia Gomez,
USA TODAY,
3 Feb. 2025
Noun
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The logline: Prime Target features a brilliant young math postgraduate, Edward Brooks (Leo Woodall, The White Lotus), on the verge of a major breakthrough.—
Marc Berman,
Forbes,
13 Jan. 2025
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Indeed, data from April 2020 to March 2023 shows that 7,600 students have enrolled in AI and data science postgraduate conversion courses across the UK, which has helped to address a critical digital skills gap in those industries.—
Alliance Manchester Business School,
Forbes,
14 Jan. 2025
Noun
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Most presidents have tried the same thing Historically, most presidents and their advisers – and indeed most scholars – have agreed that government bureaucracy is not designed in ways that promote efficiency.—
Jennifer Selin,
The Conversation,
24 Jan. 2025
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The child was a member of the Hartford Public Schools system and a scholar with the Catholic Charities Community Schools program, according to Nick Lebron, director of the program.—
Justin Muszynski,
Hartford Courant,
23 Jan. 2025
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“Undergraduate.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/undergraduate. Accessed 6 Feb. 2025.
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