graduation

Example Sentences

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After graduation he decided to buck the usual trend and stay in town.

From Los Angeles Times

For some daughters, the night marked the first time they’d danced with their father, a bittersweet reminder of lost birthdays, prom-nights and graduations.

From Salon

Crow and his advisers proposed a model they believe would boost graduation rates and the return on federal investment.

From The Wall Street Journal

I’m grateful to everyone who reads and shares this tradition, through all your family games, neighborhood feuds, sprained ankles, surgically-repaired shoulders, weddings, graduations, funerals, babies and at least three confused Aaron Rodgers franchises.

From The Wall Street Journal

After graduation in 1981, I moved out of my parents’ house and into my grandmother’s Manhattan apartment.

From The Wall Street Journal