as in graduate
of or relating to studies done after earning a bachelor's degree or other degree
After college, she spent her first postgraduate year studying abroad.
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Recent Examples of postgraduate
Walter Loeb, Forbes, 16 June 2022
The University of California and 48,000 people who work as teachers and researchers while earning postgraduate degrees came to a tentative labor agreement Friday, both sides announced.
—Dennis Romero, NBC News, 17 Dec. 2022
Alliance Manchester Business School, Forbes, 14 Jan. 2025
Additionally, international student enrollment rates have been declining, and graduates may leave the United States due to limited postgraduate immigration options.
—Jerry Haar, Baltimore Sun, 12 Jan. 2025
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Adjective
Academia is important for a few reasons; this community generates studies that influence company actions or consumer choices and also often awakens young people to be creative in their postgraduate years.
—Walter Loeb, Forbes, 16 June 2022
The University of California and 48,000 people who work as teachers and researchers while earning postgraduate degrees came to a tentative labor agreement Friday, both sides announced.
—Dennis Romero, NBC News, 17 Dec. 2022
Noun
Indeed, data from April 2020 to March 2023 shows that 7,600 students have enrolled in AI and data science postgraduate conversion courses across the UK, which has helped to address a critical digital skills gap in those industries.
—Alliance Manchester Business School, Forbes, 14 Jan. 2025
Additionally, international student enrollment rates have been declining, and graduates may leave the United States due to limited postgraduate immigration options.
—Jerry Haar, Baltimore Sun, 12 Jan. 2025
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The dismissals have also rattled graduate students eyeing careers in public health and the biomedical sciences.—
Sheryl Gay Stolberg,
New York Times,
18 Feb. 2025
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Arizona’s College of Humanities has produced a video of graduate testimonials.—
Jon Marcus,
The Christian Science Monitor,
11 Feb. 2025
Noun
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Dickson said within the two years the school will be producing 250 undergraduates per year in UConn’s four-year traditional program.—
Sean Krofssik,
Hartford Courant,
24 Feb. 2025
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As an undergraduate at Princeton in the early 2000s, Venable found the subject fascinating.—
Cody Stavenhagen,
The Athletic,
20 Feb. 2025
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Being so much loved is going to help you much more in life than academic success alone.—
Josh Hammer,
Newsweek,
17 Feb. 2025
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Drug companies at the time approached these treatments with more skepticism, waiting longer to invest and letting universities and academic hospitals do the heavy lifting, said Ameet Sarpatwari, an assistant professor at Harvard Medical School who studies the pharmaceutical industry.—
Robin Fields,
CNN,
17 Feb. 2025
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Besides Oklahoma, rules or bills have been introduced in the legislatures of at least four other states that seek to restrict undocumented children from attending public school for free or require proof of students’ or their parents’ citizenship.—
Gabe Gutierrez,
NBC News,
28 Feb. 2025
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Then some of his young students are kidnapped by child traffickers and Alex descends into the criminal underworld; nothing can prepare you for the bananas final 45 minutes as Foster lays waste to the siege of villains in his dojo.—
Roxana Hadadi,
Vulture,
27 Feb. 2025
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“Postgraduate.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/postgraduate. Accessed 3 Mar. 2025.
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