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undergraduate

[uhn-der-graj-oo-it, -ayt] / ˌʌn dərˈgrædʒ u ɪt, -ˌeɪt /


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They need to protect undergraduate instruction from the harmful effects of AI.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 21, 2026

He began that manuscript, which takes place on the reservation, as an undergraduate at Princeton, in Toni Morrison’s long-fiction workshop.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 20, 2026

Pella, the 28-year-old daughter of the late Westish president, has completed her undergraduate studies in literature—a bad first marriage meant she started college belatedly.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 19, 2026

Computer science became the most popular undergraduate major at the flagship Ann Arbor campus, according to Michigan’s budget office.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 19, 2026

However, throughout my school and undergraduate years, my training was mainly in languages, history, and writing.

From "Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies" by Jared M. Diamond

Nearly 1,200 undergraduates were in the class in the winter term of 2024 and they flooded the online queue for office hours.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 19, 2026

Signers would cap international undergraduates at 15%, require the SAT or ACT and freeze tuition for five years.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 16, 2026

About a third of its 16,000 undergraduates are in fraternities or sororities.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 16, 2026

As part of the deal, Tishman Speyer will make ground lease payments to the Cooper Union which the college wants to use to finance "a bold plan to restore full-tuition scholarships for all undergraduates".

From BBC ● Oct. 8, 2026

In a neighboring village, there was an African dance-hall known as Ntselamanzi, which catered to the cream of local black society and was off-limits to undergraduates.

From "Long Walk to Freedom" by Nelson Mandela


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