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undergraduate

[uhn-der-graj-oo-it, -ayt] / ˌʌn dərˈgrædʒ u ɪt, -ˌeɪt /


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He began that manuscript, which takes place on the reservation, as an undergraduate at Princeton, in Toni Morrison’s long-fiction workshop.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 20, 2026

At the peak in the fall of 2023, 2,503 undergraduate students at Michigan were declared computer-science majors, up 235% from 748 students in the fall of 2013, .

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 19, 2026

Pella, the 28-year-old daughter of the late Westish president, has completed her undergraduate studies in literature—a bad first marriage meant she started college belatedly.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 19, 2026

What you’re talking about is a Wolverine,'” a reference to the mascot for the University of Michigan, where the Democrat got his undergraduate degree.

From Salon ● Oct. 19, 2026

It was thus an easy step, in my last undergraduate year at university, to shift from my initial goal of medicine to the goal of biological research.

From "Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies" by Jared M. Diamond

Grinnell College, with an undergraduates population of 1,700, has also seen softening demand in the major since enrollment peaked in 2022.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 19, 2026

Signers would cap international undergraduates at 15%, require the SAT or ACT and freeze tuition for five years.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 16, 2026

About a third of its 16,000 undergraduates are in fraternities or sororities.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 16, 2026

As part of the deal, Tishman Speyer will make ground lease payments to the Cooper Union which the college wants to use to finance "a bold plan to restore full-tuition scholarships for all undergraduates".

From BBC ● Oct. 8, 2026

They’d met at Princeton as undergraduates, and Brian had pictures of himself as a baby in a Princeton onesie.

From "Little Fires Everywhere" by Celeste Ng


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