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graduation

[graj-oo-ey-shuhn] / ˌgrædʒ uˈeɪ ʃən /
NOUN
commencement
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England will leave Australia with few positives, but Bethell's graduation from promising talent to bona fide Test batter will live long in the memory.

From BBC

“It was very defeating,” said Martin, who has been teaching English in Madrid since her May 2025 graduation and is nervous about rebooting her corporate job search.

From The Wall Street Journal

Will Bryson III of St. Paul stuck it out for his senior basketball season even though the team lost pretty much everybody to graduation except for him.

From Los Angeles Times

That day of graduation, we felt like we were really graduating.

From Los Angeles Times

After graduation, he volunteered with the Peace Corps, landing in West Africa’s Senegal.

From Los Angeles Times