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
He points out the “quad” and the “field house” and refers to the “Ivies” and the “public Ivies,” where all these newbies will ultimately matriculate.
From "Drama High" by Michael Sokolove
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“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
On the afternoon of Jan. 27, 2015, Dasani matriculates and heads to her new home, accompanied by her mother and sisters.
From New York Times ● Sep. 28, 2021
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
The young man, after much demur and the ludicrous failure of his father, who at first matriculates in his stead, consents.
From Library of the World's Best Literature, Ancient and Modern — Volume 2 by Hamilton Wright Mabie
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
The Western College of Auctioneering has matriculated over 5,000 students, who auction everything from farm equipment to fine art.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Dec. 31, 2025
Unlike other Bachelor Nation alumni, Thurston has not matriculated through the franchise much since her season.
From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 1, 2023
Overall, the report found, about 160 Black men matriculated at Harvard’s undergraduate college from 1890 to 1940, an average of little more than three per year and 30 per decade.
From Washington Post ● Apr. 26, 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
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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
Gore was the top pitching prospect in baseball in 2019, while Abrams was the No. 9 prospect on MLB.com earlier this year before matriculating to the big leagues.
From Washington Times ● Aug. 2, 2022
Note: Hyde will return as Orioles manager in 2022, a season in which many of the organization's top prospects should begin matriculating to the majors, according to a person with direct knowledge of the agreement.
From Washington Post ● Sep. 23, 2021
“We were more of Hank Stram matriculation which is good, if you can finish it with points. When you are going efficient, or matriculating, you got to be able to finish it.”
From Seattle Times ● Sep. 12, 2021
“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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