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graduation

[graj-oo-ay-shuhn] / ˌgrædʒ uˈeɪ ʃən /
NOUN
commencement
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Many Gen Z students say they feel unprepared for life after graduation — and hiring managers agree, reporting that this generation is less equipped for the workforce than past ones.

From MarketWatch ● Nov. 9, 2026

French authored it: “I heard UT graduation this year looked like this,” he wrote.

From Slate ● Nov. 3, 2026

For students who got texts from coaches because of the study, graduation improved by 9.3 percentage points.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 22, 2026

They finish each other’s sentences and switch up their Google Meet backgrounds, cracking up as an awkward graduation portrait pops up.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 21, 2026

Mr. Miller lets our ceramics class pass around yearbooks to sign because it’s Friday and there’s only one more week until graduation.

From "Starfish" by Akemi Dawn Bowman

Bouquets of banknotes or cakes decorated with currency are often ordered as gifts for weddings, birthdays, graduations and other celebrations.

From BBC ● Oct. 6, 2026

But he said that as a large buyer of the gas, the company had wider access to suppliers, adding that Dollar Tree already had sufficient balloon supplies for Mother’s Day and spring student graduations.

From MarketWatch ● Aug. 30, 2026

At several graduations around the country this month, students booed commencement speakers, including ex-Google CEO Eric Schmidt, as they discussed AI.

From The Wall Street Journal ● May 19, 2026

The news outlet recorded the coastal community’s quotidian happenings for generations, documenting births, marriages, deaths, soccer games, high school graduations, Fourth of July parades, the Mr. and Miss Palisades contest and more.

From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 7, 2026

I ask, because we’ve been invited to parties before—birthdays, weddings, funerals, graduations.

From "Pride" by Ibi Zoboi


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