commencement
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We don’t want to hear commencement speeches about how we cannot outrun AI domination because they trivialize the work we have done ourselves.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 4, 2026
A 2026 survey from the National Association of Colleges and Employers found that 44% of graduating seniors had received at least one job offer before commencement.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 4, 2026
Plebes, prohibited from fraternizing with girls, celebrated spring commencement by marching across the walkways and climbing Herndon.
From Slate ● Jun. 24, 2026
She holds a bachelor's degree in English from the University of Michigan, where she was selected to deliver her class commencement speech.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 19, 2026
The last commencement I attended that spring was personal—Malia's graduation from Sidwell Friends, held on a warm day in June.
From "Becoming" by Michelle Obama
“I have presided over 28 commencements as a president and dean, and those ceremonies are about celebrating the graduates and their supporters,” Schapiro wrote in a letter declining the speech.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 9, 2026
Revolutionary hostilities canceled the commencements of 1774-78 and 1780, but Harvard would not miss a commencement again until 2020.
From New York Times ● May 23, 2024
Protesters have pitched tents on campuses from Harvard and MIT to Stanford and the University of Texas, Austin, raising tensions as many schools prepare for spring commencements.
From Seattle Times ● Apr. 26, 2024
But the main reason why I speak at so many commencements is because graduations tend to be boring — watching off-white paint dry on a rainy day-style boring.
From Salon ● Jun. 24, 2022
For my final round of commencements as First Lady, I spoke at Jackson State University in Mississippi, another historically black school, using the opportunity to talk about striving for excellence.
From "Becoming" by Michelle Obama
Vocabulary lists containing commencement
The Vocabulary of College
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A Graduation Lexicon
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Steve Jobs's Commencement Address (2005)
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