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undergraduate

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


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The discovery was reported by an Anthropic employee who has a Ph.D. in math and once won the Morgan Prize as America’s top undergraduate researcher.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 1, 2026

The highest percentage of failed programs is expected to be undergraduate certificates, especially for cosmetology, massage therapy and film.

From Los Angeles Times Jul. 22, 2026

University of Southern California undergraduate student Anyi Tan contributed to this research.

From Salon Jul. 22, 2026

Is it worth compromising our retirement goals to pay for a prestigious undergraduate education that may not deliver enough additional value?

From MarketWatch Jul. 21, 2026

He was an undergraduate at Delhi University during the euphoria of 1957, when the Communists won the State Assembly elections and Nehru invited them to form a government.

From "The God of Small Things" by Arundhati Roy

UC is outpacing that, and says it is on track to reach its goal of enrolling 217,000 California resident undergraduates by 2030.

From Los Angeles Times Jul. 29, 2026

The institute, anchored in UC Berkeley’s Charles and Louise Travers Department of Political Science, plans to reach 500 students a year via an eventual dozen or more course offerings open to undergraduates across majors.

From Los Angeles Times Jun. 29, 2026

Cornell primarily contributes graduate students, along with an increasing number of undergraduates, who spend 10 weeks each summer working at the site.

From Science Daily Jun. 25, 2026

When most of them entered Stanford as undergraduates in 2021, AI chatbots were still a year away from being a reality for most Americans.

From BBC Jun. 23, 2026

Like many other poor students at the time, Hooke also helped to make ends meet by working as servant to one of the wealthier undergraduates.

From "The Scientists" by John Gribbin




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