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alumnus

[uh-luhm-nuhs] / əˈlʌm nəs /
NOUN
graduate (masc.)
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Designed in partnership with celebrated Apple alumnus Jony Ive, the model also represents a leap into a new technology for a brand built over decades around the size, sound and sensation of traditional engines.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 25, 2026

"The new finds of Homo teeth from 2.6 -- 2.8 million year old sediments -- reported in this paper -- confirms the antiquity of our lineage," said Brian Villmoare, lead author and ASU alumnus.

From Science Daily • May 16, 2026

Father Enzo Del Brocco, president of the Catholic Theological Union, of which Leo is an alumnus, said that the two men see the world in “fundamentally different ways.”

From Salon • Apr. 14, 2026

One such alumnus was Phillip Argento, a retired California judge, who filed a complaint about the incident with Hamilton P. Fox, the D.C. bar’s disciplinary counsel.

From Slate • Mar. 11, 2026

He’s the Chumley Prep alumnus I saw at the a cappella competition.

From "Shine!" by J.J. and Chris Grabenstein




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