as in student
a person enrolled in a college or university who has not yet earned a degree
a group of college undergraduates
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Recent Examples of undergraduate
Rather than only focusing on math and computer science classes during his three semesters as a Harvard University undergraduate, Gates loaded up on extra classes that interested him, like criminal justice and British history.
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Tom Huddleston Jr., CNBC, 5 Feb. 2025
The program, called the JWU Pledge, uses household income to determine the amount of a tuition discount an undergraduate student entering this fall will receive, the university said a press release Monday.
—Jeff A. Chamer, Charlotte Observer, 13 Jan. 2025
In the agreement, Northwestern agreed to fund two visiting Palestinian faculty members each year and scholarships for five Palestinian undergraduates for their undergraduate careers.
—Nell Salzman, Chicago Tribune, 5 Feb. 2025
The number of student visa applications reportedly plummeted after the U.K. implemented new rules barring international undergraduate and master’s students from bringing their dependents with them.
—Nico Lang, Rolling Stone, 5 Feb. 2025
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Tom Huddleston Jr., CNBC, 5 Feb. 2025
The program, called the JWU Pledge, uses household income to determine the amount of a tuition discount an undergraduate student entering this fall will receive, the university said a press release Monday.
—Jeff A. Chamer, Charlotte Observer, 13 Jan. 2025
In the agreement, Northwestern agreed to fund two visiting Palestinian faculty members each year and scholarships for five Palestinian undergraduates for their undergraduate careers.
—Nell Salzman, Chicago Tribune, 5 Feb. 2025
The number of student visa applications reportedly plummeted after the U.K. implemented new rules barring international undergraduate and master’s students from bringing their dependents with them.
—Nico Lang, Rolling Stone, 5 Feb. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for undergraduate
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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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Barnard declined to discuss the status of the students involved, citing federal law and privacy concerns.—
Emma Tucker,
CNN,
27 Feb. 2025
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Additional public universities were developed after 1947, notably the prestigious Quaid-i-Azam University, founded in 1967 to offer postgraduate programs, and the Allam Igbal Open University, Pakistan’s largest university with over 1 million students, founded in 1974.—
Bryan Penprase,
Forbes,
18 Feb. 2025
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The bulk of the funds went to the Lee Kuan Yew School of Public Policy, a postgraduate institution that is part of the National University of Singapore.—
Kevin Lim,
CNBC,
7 Feb. 2025
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The cartoonists Joe Sacco and Chris Ware pop up, as do the comics scholar Hillary Chute and J. Hoberman, who’s a longtime friend and a Times contributor.—
Manohla Dargis,
New York Times,
20 Feb. 2025
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Collaborators on the project include scholars Saidiya Hartman and Christina Sharpe, who are credited on the screenplay.—
Zac Ntim,
Deadline,
20 Feb. 2025
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“Undergraduate.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/undergraduate. Accessed 5 Mar. 2025.
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