cap and gown

Example Sentences

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He posted a photo of himself in cap and gown last year on LinkedIn, writing “*Pretty* sure my Master’s in CS is done!”

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 26, 2026

In her graduation photo, De Santiago stares the camera down, resplendent in her black satin cap and gown.

From Salon • Mar. 21, 2025

Another student, wearing cap and gown, took a break from graduation photos to chat with the protesters.

From Los Angeles Times • May 22, 2024

Sophia did not wear the typical cap and gown that commencement speakers usually don, but instead wore a black-and-red D’Youville University hoodie.

From New York Times • May 15, 2024

In July 1953, at the age of thirty-six, she slips on a white cap and gown and joins one other patient—eighteen-year-old Bert King, from Florida—for high school commencement.

From "At Last She Stood" by Erin Entrada Kelly