diploma
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But unlike many other university courses his - a higher national diploma in building surveying at the University of Greenwich - was only two years long, with annual tuition fees of about £6,000.
From BBC • Feb. 6, 2026
They want to graduate functionally literate young people, not hand kids a diploma that says they showed up for class for 12 years.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 26, 2026
Then spike your diploma to the floor and walk out.”
From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 20, 2026
He is among five people from local villages, all but one without a high school diploma, working on a project focused on the area's highly unusual savannah-dwelling chimpanzees.
From Barron's • Jan. 15, 2026
“And what am I supposed to do with a high school diploma? It is nothing but a durned piece of paper.”
From "The Teacher’s Funeral" by Richard Peck
Vocabulary lists containing diploma
A Graduation Lexicon
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Education and Academics, List 1
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