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graduate

[graj-oo-it, -eyt, graj-oo-eyt] / ˈgrædʒ u ɪt, -ˌeɪt, ˈgrædʒ uˌeɪt /






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Then, at a little film school gathering at my friend’s house somewhere in Boyle Heights, I saw a friend from graduate school from across the room.

From Los Angeles Times Sep. 18, 2026

Mr. Schmalhofer is a partner at a venture investment firm and a graduate of Yale College where he won an Ivy League football championship.

From The Wall Street Journal Sep. 17, 2026

Jacqueline Griswold, a Johns Hopkins graduate student and the study's first author, tested the idea.

From Science Daily Sep. 17, 2026

For international student and graduate visas, Burke said: "We will no longer be adding to the stock of students automatically being able to bring family members over."

From BBC Sep. 17, 2026

It happened quickly, this vocational sorting—the bankers, lawyers, doctors, and executives of tomorrow hastily migrating toward their next launchpad, whether it was graduate school or a cushy Fortune 500 training-program job.

From "Becoming" by Michelle Obama

The latest unemployment reading from August was 4.1% — which is still a relatively low figure from a historical perspective, but it’s a cooler job market than previous years, particularly for recent college graduates.

From MarketWatch Sep. 16, 2026

If software can handle the basic work once given to new graduates, companies have less incentive to hire beginners who need to learn.

From The Wall Street Journal Sep. 15, 2026

A recent government report found that just over 8% of graduates find jobs aligned with their skills.

From BBC Sep. 11, 2026

It is the opposite story for college graduates.

From The Wall Street Journal Sep. 8, 2026

When it hit three hundred, one of Flom’s partners—Morris Kramer—came to him and said that he felt guilty about bringing in young law school graduates.

From "Outliers" by Malcolm Gladwell

Moreno was from Orange County and graduated from Chapman University with a degree in broadcast journalism and political science.

From Los Angeles Times Sep. 16, 2026

When Tanisha Saunders graduated from college eight years ago, she felt optimistic that she was on her way to achieving an American dream that included homeownership.

From MarketWatch Sep. 16, 2026

Stroke of luck—one of our newest employees recently graduated from Harvard Business School and speaks glowingly of one young professor he knew there: Nitin Nohria.

From The Wall Street Journal Sep. 15, 2026

Sarisha Ganesan, 22, graduated from Loughborough University in June and started in a graduate role in marketing last month.

From BBC Sep. 15, 2026

Rader did most of the talking at the press conference, and he was good at it, having graduated first in his class from law school.

From "Endgame" by Frank Brady

The graduation ceremony on 16 September will see Matson give a speech to the students graduating alongside him.

From BBC Sep. 14, 2026

Then, just a decade after graduating college, Sharma was hired as chief operating officer of Instacart, helping lead the grocery-delivery giant through the pandemic as well as its 2023 IPO.

From The Wall Street Journal Sep. 12, 2026

Teena Singh moved back home to live with her parents in Georgia after graduating from college, despite having a full-time job.

From The Wall Street Journal Sep. 7, 2026

Four states — California, Delaware, Colorado and Hawaii — are now mandating that students take a semester-long personal-finance course before graduating.

From MarketWatch Sep. 4, 2026

Years ago, the schools on the other side of Levittown, the upper end, had substantial numbers of Jewish students, but I was one of no more than ten Jewish students in my graduating class.

From "Drama High" by Michael Sokolove




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