alumnae

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They were ultimately swayed, he said, by appeals from more than a thousand of the camp’s alumnae loyalists and families eager for their daughters to return this summer.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 18, 2026

The College of Charleston is nearly 70% female, and those alumnae opened up my understanding of this whole story.

From Salon • Apr. 5, 2024

The petition had been launched by alumnae of Saint Mary’s College in Notre Dame, Indiana, who opposed the liberal arts school’s plan.

From Washington Times • Nov. 28, 2023

“Christine was able to raise the right kind of debt instruments to keep us afloat,” Kevin Mayer, Disney’s former streaming chief, told a reporter for Smith College’s alumnae magazine last year.

From New York Times • Jun. 15, 2023

Some use the original, foreign plurals: alumnae; alumni; data; media; phenomena.

From "The Sense of Style" by Steven Pinker