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undergraduate

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


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When Miles was an undergraduate, a professor told him that people’s lives could be divided into Histories, Tragedies and Comedies.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 28, 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

Many of the West Computers, including Dorothy Vaughan, were members of Alpha Kappa Alpha, the sorority that Mary had pledged as an undergraduate at Hampton Institute.

From "Hidden Figures" by Margot Lee Shetterly

There were 200,532 California undergraduates who attended UC last fall, out of a total of 237,616 undergraduates and 301,093 students overall.

From Los Angeles Times Jul. 29, 2026

Across the river at the University of Manchester, the price increases by a pound for undergraduates and postgraduates, but those with a doctorate pay £57.

From BBC Jul. 24, 2026

Until now, though, they have generally been available only to undergraduates getting associate or bachelor’s degrees.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 2, 2026

But 1988 was the first year that female undergraduates outnumbered men on college campuses.

From Los Angeles Times Jun. 29, 2026

I had half an hour to kill, so I wandered through the university bookstore, then got some coffee and sat outside on a stone bench, watching the parade of undergraduates.

From "Geeks: How Two Lost Boys Rode the Internet Out of Idaho" by Jon Katz




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