graduate
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In 2015, he enrolled at MIT and took five graduate computer science courses as a freshman.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 2, 2026
Soon enough, JD could graduate from the sideshow to the center ring.
From Salon ● Oct. 2, 2026
A recent drama school graduate, she says she would have struggled to cover her outgoings, including food, travel and the £800 she pays in rent.
From BBC ● Oct. 1, 2026
“To help students enroll, persist, and graduate, we must provide the stability and support they need.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 1, 2026
Until you graduate and junior varsity becomes varsity, and they win, and you’re outta here.
From "A Heart in a Body in the World" by Deb Caletti
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More than 1,300 graduates have signed a letter calling on the university to take "swift and expansive" action after the allegations came back to light.
From BBC ● Oct. 2, 2026
That numbers-backed thinking means engineers, software developers or entrepreneurs might all find it more appealing than humanities graduates, Lechterman said.
From Barron's ● Oct. 2, 2026
Often high school graduates with learning needs can “feel too intimidated and overwhelmed to apply for college” and others, including adults, “may be unaware that community college is even an option.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 1, 2026
The job market has become more difficult for many recent graduates.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 30, 2026
Here, the counselors have posted photos of graduates from last school year, each photo with a small sign under the name that lists the college the former graduates are attending.
From "Piecing Me Together" by Renée Watson
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But the school declined to expel or suspend the graduate student, and instead ordered a written reprimand, a reflection essay, and two months of disciplinary probation just before he graduated.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 2, 2026
Fiona Ma played sports, was a Girl Scout — “a top cookie seller,” she boasts on her campaign website — and graduated from Rochester Institute of Technology.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 1, 2026
For the minister behind the Department for Infrastructure reforms, Sinn Féin's Liz Kimmins, graduated driver licensing is about reducing the risks faced by those getting behind the wheel for the first time.
From BBC ● Sep. 30, 2026
That was her plan when she graduated from college in 2019.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 30, 2026
By the time they graduated, the war would be over and they would marry, buy a house, settle down.
From "Little Fires Everywhere" by Celeste Ng
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After graduating from law school, he clerked for a U.S. district judge and then worked at a boutique litigation firm.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 1, 2026
After graduating from the CHP Academy in 2010, he was assigned to San Jose and later worked in Hayward and Fresno before transferring to the Visalia region in 2019, according to the CHP.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 29, 2026
Students whose majors have traditionally been a pipeline to jobs that can easily be automated were less likely to find a job within a year of graduating, Dallas Fed economists wrote Tuesday.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 25, 2026
Every graduating senior in our high schools was admitted to a two- or four-year college.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 23, 2026
After graduating from high school, de la O hung out on the street with the West Side Party Boys.
From "Boots on the Ground: America's War in Vietnam" by Elizabeth Partridge
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