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[opt] / ɒpt /


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One common program used by big tech companies is the Optional Practical Training program, or OPT, which gives foreign graduates at U.S. universities temporary employment after graduation, typically for a year.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 11, 2026

The OPT typically refers to the West Bank in Palestine, which has been under Israeli control since 1967.

From BBC • Jul. 19, 2021

The top three regions for OPT graduates were greater New York, Los Angeles and Boston, followed by San Francisco and the East Bay, and by the San Jose-Sunnyvale- Santa Clara area of California.

From Seattle Times • May 10, 2018

More than half of those working under OPT from 2004 to 2016 were in science, technology, engineering and math fields and thus were eligible for the extension, Pew found.

From Los Angeles Times • May 10, 2018

After graduating from a U.S. college, nonresidents who came on a student visa have a year to do whatever they want, in something called OPT, or Optional Practical Training.

From Salon • Jun. 28, 2012




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