matriculation

Here's David Tennant in his matriculation photograph for the Junior Academy, taken in 1982.

From BBC ● Jan. 2, 2026

The Mannings watch the way we watch, perking up when something exciting happens and otherwise filling long stretches of matriculation by shooting the breeze, cracking wise or pantomiming gameplay in overwrought ways.

From New York Times ● Oct. 6, 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

Finally, it starred a dominant showing from the tallest of the Bulldogs’ starters, 6-foot-10 sophomore Drew Timme, who moves silkily like someone shorter and whose matriculation from Dallas-ish to Spokane, Wash., illustrates Gonzaga’s national reach.

From Washington Post ● Mar. 22, 2021

Such was the foolish logic of this program of social reform: Because many Hispanics were absent from higher education, I became with my matriculation an exception, a numerical minority.

From "Hunger of Memory" by Richard Rodriguez