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undergraduate

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


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“The Dodgers had committed to paying and whatever it was, it was a lot more collectively — my undergraduate MA and PhD — than I had gotten in the bonus.”

From Los Angeles Times • May 4, 2026

As a college undergraduate myself, I’m frustrated with cancel culture too.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 1, 2026

"Mechanical engineer and computer scientist by degree, independent game developer by experience, teacher by birth," according to his profile, which noted that he had an undergraduate degree from the California Institute of Technology.

From Barron's • Apr. 26, 2026

"We want undergraduate researchers to experience the whole paleontological research process at Virginia Tech," said Nesbitt.

From Science Daily • Apr. 15, 2026

In about twelve hours, in an undergraduate dorm room in New York, he had poured the foundation for the Human Genome Project.

From "The Gene" by Siddhartha Mukherjee




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