matriculate
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Seemingly, all the children of the Valley are being shuttled by their parents toward Stanford, where they will matriculate by hook or by crook.
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 12, 2026
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
Technically, apprentices were supposed to start their work at age twelve and gradually matriculate into higher roles, but Kamau—ever charming, ever likable—had appealed to Father Olufemi.
From "Beasts of Prey" by Ayana Gray
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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
Unless a university is producing these, it is teaching only its matriculates when it ought to be teaching the public.
From The Library and Society Reprints of Papers and Addresses by Arthur Elmore Bostwick
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
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
One day after school, not long before we matriculated, Sizwe walked up to me on the quad.
From "Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood" by Trevor Noah
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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
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
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
It is also possible that Father Zimmermann caused you to stop matriculating for the reason perhaps that your convent lacks funds to pay the tuition.
From "Nine Stories" by J. D. Salinger
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