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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

“The success of student-athletes and their ability to matriculate at Grambling State University is the top priority,” Scott said.

From Seattle Times ● Jul. 6, 2022

She was told that she couldn’t matriculate lacking a high school education.

From "A Tree Grows in Brooklyn" by Betty Smith

“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

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

A man matriculates at a university and completes his course there: to change even from one college to another is becoming almost unknown.

From The Age of Erasmus Lectures Delivered in the Universities of Oxford and London by P. S. (Percy Stafford) Allen

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

Born Hugh Williams, he was a “little posh boy” from London who, with no great fuss, matriculated into Cambridge, then the Webber Douglas Academy of Dramatic Art.

From Washington Post ● Nov. 7, 2022

He graduated from an arts high school, then matriculated at Juilliard, graduating in 1985.

From New York Times ● Sep. 28, 2022

Francie wondered, if it was so good, why he hadn’t matriculated there instead of at the university of another midwestern state.

From "A Tree Grows in Brooklyn" by Betty Smith

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

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

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

“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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