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graduation

[graj-oo-ey-shuhn] / ˌgrædʒ uˈeɪ ʃən /
NOUN
commencement
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Jean and Stephen’s relationship dissolved after graduation, and both friends disappeared from Julian’s life.

From The Wall Street Journal

Nationwide, high and improving graduation rates often do not align with other measures, as was the case in the California data released Thursday.

From Los Angeles Times

But then, six months after the US withdrawal, Haqqani marched out in front of the world's cameras at a graduation ceremony of police officers in Kabul, his face uncovered.

From BBC

Now in her final year of college, she has stopped playing sports and is focused on her upcoming graduation, according to her lawyers.

From The Wall Street Journal

On graduation day from the Fashion Institute of Design & Merchandising in San Francisco, she and her parents drove down to Koreatown, Hampton’s first neighborhood in L.A., with a mattress strapped to the car.

From Los Angeles Times