matriculate
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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
The new study showed that’s part of it: One-third of the difference in attendance rates was because middle-class students were somewhat less likely to apply or matriculate.
From Seattle Times ● Jul. 27, 2023
This might or might not be true, but I tend to think it is, as Cloke almost certainly did not distinguish himself wherever it was that he happened to matriculate.
From "The Secret History" by Donna Tartt
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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
But the choices made as to who matriculates to serve as House and Senate leaders are made at the subatomic political level.
From Fox News ● Sep. 8, 2020
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
We have 107 matriculates and expect 20 more.
From The Story of a Life by J. Breckenridge (John Breckenridge) Ellis
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
It was only when I had matriculated and moved to New York City as a journalism major that I began to become haunted by the sound of my own voice.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 25, 2023
The first class of new undergraduates to include women matriculated in 1972.
From Washington Post ● Jul. 21, 2022
They’ve sent him to a decent school; maybe he’s even matriculated.
From "Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood" by Trevor Noah
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After all, we’re on a planet where the city of Rome has been continually inhabited for 2,700 years, and the University of Bologna has been matriculating students for 938.
From Slate ● Jul. 4, 2026
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
The Seahawks were driving toward a touchdown that would have pulled them within one score, but instead Patrick Mahomes and Travis Kelce promptly did their thing, matriculating down the field for a put-away Chiefs score.
From Seattle Times ● Dec. 24, 2022
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
“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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