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matriculate

[muh-trik-yuh-layt, muh-trik-yuh-lit] / məˈtrɪk jəˌleɪt, məˈtrɪk jə lɪt /
VERB
begin, enroll
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More than half of high-school grads matriculate to college, even though only 35% of 12th graders score proficient in reading and 22% in math on the National Assessment of Educational Progress.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 8, 2026

While it will take a little time for the students to matriculate through college and into the workforce, this plan will be a significant contributor to solving the controller shortage problem.

From Salon ● Oct. 18, 2025

I need it to matriculate into the master's programme I was accepted into at Columbia.

From BBC ● May 4, 2024

At the Miller Career and Transition Center in Reseda, he sampled biscotti from the bakery, where students with moderate to severe disabilities can matriculate after completing the 12th grade.

From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 18, 2022

She had enjoyed the summer school so much that she wanted to matriculate in the same college that fall but she had no way of raising the more than three hundred dollars required for tuition.

From "A Tree Grows in Brooklyn" by Betty Smith

The captivating ecclesiastical drama “Servants,” set in 1980s Czechoslovakia, follows teenage matriculates at a Christian seminary who awaken to a grim reality.

From New York Times ● Feb. 24, 2022

“All American’s” Geffri Maya matriculates at a historically Black university in Atlanta in the new spinoff “All American: Homecoming.”

From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 20, 2022

Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., seemed mystified as to why House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., would want to wrestle with government funding issues when she matriculates to the speaker’s suite in January.

From Fox News ● Dec. 19, 2018

An NBA rule forbidding teams to sign a college player until three years after he matriculates would lessen universities’ importance as incubators of NBA talent.

From Washington Post ● Nov. 24, 2017

He matriculates at one or another of the universities, and for three, four, or, in the case of medical students, five years, he is free to work or not to work, as he pleases.

From Germany and the Germans From an American Point of View by Price Collier

By far the biggest factor in admission, however, is whether an applicant has matriculated from another magnet school and how long an applicant has been on the waiting list for a magnet school.

From Salon ● Mar. 10, 2026

Since it was founded in 1948, the school has matriculated over 5,000 students, who also auction everything from real estate to farm equipment to fine art.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Dec. 28, 2025

Unlike other Bachelor Nation alumni, Thurston has not matriculated through the franchise much since her season.

From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 1, 2023

Until she matriculated at Wisconsin, she didn’t realize that her teammates might never have shared a meal with an Indigenous person.

From Washington Post ● Feb. 1, 2022

I suppose having matriculated to my nineteenth year has provided me with a depth of insight which I am only beginning to excavate.

From "Moon Over Manifest" by Clare Vanderpool

The total number of black and Hispanic students matriculating at law schools has risen more than 5% over the past two years.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jan. 11, 2026

I object to the current program because I worked full time while matriculating at a low-cost college and put myself through school entirely on my own dime.

From Washington Post ● Dec. 9, 2022

Charles was now in charge of the entire group of prisoners who were registering and matriculating prisoners when they arrived in the camp.

From Slate ● Nov. 29, 2022

“Basically, fall of 2021 saw Indian students from two consecutive application years matriculating at the same time.”

From Washington Times ● Sep. 15, 2022

“I’ll be matriculating soon, and I need to at least have an idea about what lies ahead.”

From "Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography" by Mark Mathabane


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