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postgraduate

[pohst-graj-oo-it, -eyt] / poʊstˈgrædʒ u ɪt, -ˌeɪt /
NOUN
alumnus
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NOUN
alumna
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Alex Papadopoulos, a postgraduate researcher at the Institute for Gravitational Research, explained that the expanded catalog is also helping scientists tackle one of cosmology's biggest unanswered questions: how fast the Universe is expanding.

From Science Daily Jul. 2, 2026

Students and graduates in England have different loan plans depending on when and what they studied, and the cap will only apply to Plan 2 loans and Plan 3 postgraduate loans from September.

From BBC Jun. 18, 2026

After receiving a postgraduate diploma in marketing at the Australian Graduate School of Management, she held senior positions at Australian telecom companies including Telstra.

From The Wall Street Journal Jun. 18, 2026

And the figures were worse for maths, where only 75 trainee postgraduate teachers were recruited towards a target of 250.

From BBC Jun. 8, 2026

It seemed to, quite quickly as Emenike sent news only of progress: his postgraduate work completed, his job at the housing authority his marriage to an Englishwoman who was a solicitor in the city.

From "Americanah" by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie

The survey found education correlates with generosity: donor participation peaks among graduates and postgraduates.

From BBC Feb. 19, 2026

Madhav and others said they’re more concerned with the loss of student advisers, who typically meet one-on-one with undergraduates and postgraduates to help them chart their academic paths.

From Los Angeles Times Nov. 12, 2025

CAS reduced the unidentified team leader’s funding and suspended him from supervising postgraduates for a year, according to the news report.

From Science Magazine May 24, 2023

He told me that many of his clients are postgraduates worried about their money situation, and a large debt balance is “a dark cloud that always follows you.”

From Slate Feb. 26, 2023

From the ranks of this wayward class came the old editors and reporters; they were postgraduates from the back room of newspaper offices and they brought to the front room their easy view of life.

From In Our Town by Frederic Rodrigo Gruger




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