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matriculate

[muh-trik-yuh-layt, muh-trik-yuh-lit] / məˈtrɪk jəˌleɪt, məˈtrɪk jə lɪt /
VERB
begin, enroll
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More than half of high-school grads matriculate to college, even though only 35% of 12th graders score proficient in reading and 22% in math on the National Assessment of Educational Progress.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 8, 2026

While it will take a little time for the students to matriculate through college and into the workforce, this plan will be a significant contributor to solving the controller shortage problem.

From Salon ● Oct. 18, 2025

I need it to matriculate into the master's programme I was accepted into at Columbia.

From BBC ● May 4, 2024

Groban was accepted to Carnegie Mellon University’s prestigious music theater program, but his burgeoning singing career didn’t allow him to matriculate for long.

From Los Angeles Times ● May 23, 2023

She was told that she couldn’t matriculate lacking a high school education.

From "A Tree Grows in Brooklyn" by Betty Smith

The captivating ecclesiastical drama “Servants,” set in 1980s Czechoslovakia, follows teenage matriculates at a Christian seminary who awaken to a grim reality.

From New York Times ● Feb. 24, 2022

“All American’s” Geffri Maya matriculates at a historically Black university in Atlanta in the new spinoff “All American: Homecoming.”

From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 20, 2022

Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., seemed mystified as to why House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., would want to wrestle with government funding issues when she matriculates to the speaker’s suite in January.

From Fox News ● Dec. 19, 2018

An NBA rule forbidding teams to sign a college player until three years after he matriculates would lessen universities’ importance as incubators of NBA talent.

From Washington Post ● Nov. 24, 2017

The young man, after much demur and the ludicrous failure of his father, who at first matriculates in his stead, consents.

From Library of the World's Best Literature, Ancient and Modern — Volume 2 by Hamilton Wright Mabie

By far the biggest factor in admission, however, is whether an applicant has matriculated from another magnet school and how long an applicant has been on the waiting list for a magnet school.

From Salon ● Mar. 10, 2026

Since it was founded in 1948, the school has matriculated over 5,000 students, who also auction everything from real estate to farm equipment to fine art.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Dec. 28, 2025

It was only when I had matriculated and moved to New York City as a journalism major that I began to become haunted by the sound of my own voice.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 25, 2023

Born Hugh Williams, he was a “little posh boy” from London who, with no great fuss, matriculated into Cambridge, then the Webber Douglas Academy of Dramatic Art.

From Washington Post ● Nov. 7, 2022

Francie wondered, if it was so good, why he hadn’t matriculated there instead of at the university of another midwestern state.

From "A Tree Grows in Brooklyn" by Betty Smith

The total number of black and Hispanic students matriculating at law schools has risen more than 5% over the past two years.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jan. 11, 2026

I object to the current program because I worked full time while matriculating at a low-cost college and put myself through school entirely on my own dime.

From Washington Post ● Dec. 9, 2022

Gore was the top pitching prospect in baseball in 2019, while Abrams was the No. 9 prospect on MLB.com earlier this year before matriculating to the big leagues.

From Washington Times ● Aug. 2, 2022

“We were more of Hank Stram matriculation which is good, if you can finish it with points. When you are going efficient, or matriculating, you got to be able to finish it.”

From Seattle Times ● Sep. 12, 2021

It is also possible that Father Zimmermann caused you to stop matriculating for the reason perhaps that your convent lacks funds to pay the tuition.

From "Nine Stories" by J. D. Salinger


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