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graduation

[graj-oo-ey-shuhn] / ˌgrædʒ uˈeɪ ʃən /
NOUN
commencement
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The debt obligation adds about $3 million a year to the budget, but athletes are among the most likely to stay at the campus through graduation.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 9, 2026

After graduation, she moved to L.A., taking a job in the William Morris Endeavor mailroom and writing scripts on her own time.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 27, 2026

The severity of seemingly mundane, everyday anxieties — school bullies, the prom, graduation, obnoxious Cher-obsessed college roommates — is on par with demons trying to hasten the apocalypse.

From Salon • Mar. 26, 2026

The Mustangs are on pace to surpass that win total even after the graduation of Grayson Bradford, now a freshman at UCLA.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 21, 2026

While Mamá helped him put on the white shirt, I slipped into my graduation gown and put on my white silk California Scholarship Federation sash.

From "Breaking Through" by Francisco Jiménez