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postgraduate

[pohst-graj-oo-it, -ayt] / poʊstˈgrædʒ u ɪt, -ˌeɪt /
NOUN
alumnus
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NOUN
alumna
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Suddenly, she was free to come and go as she pleased, so when her postgraduate program in Versailles accepted her application, we went.

From Salon ● Oct. 18, 2026

He didn’t take on debt for his postgraduate degree—doctoral students are paid to do research rather than paying large sums in tuition.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 17, 2026

Mills, a postgraduate student in art history, set her alarm for 8 a.m., and logged on early to the museum’s site.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 4, 2026

StuRents' Richard Ward added that the sector had experienced a surge in demand from international and postgraduate students following the Covid pandemic.

From BBC ● Sep. 16, 2026

“Phantasms specters ghouls visitants post-terrestrials apparitions, Lidewij. How can someone pursuing a postgraduate degree in American literature display such abominable English-language skills?”

From "The Fault in Our Stars" by John Green

Madhav and others said they’re more concerned with the loss of student advisers, who typically meet one-on-one with undergraduates and postgraduates to help them chart their academic paths.

From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 12, 2025

Before becoming a full-time politician, Mr David lectured at Cardiff Metropolitan University, teaching human resource management to undergraduates and postgraduates.

From BBC ● Aug. 26, 2025

CAS reduced the unidentified team leader’s funding and suspended him from supervising postgraduates for a year, according to the news report.

From Science Magazine ● May 24, 2023

He told me that many of his clients are postgraduates worried about their money situation, and a large debt balance is “a dark cloud that always follows you.”

From Slate ● Feb. 26, 2023

But the story of what the politicians, and those postgraduates of politics, the statesmen, have done for and against the fishermen of New England, is not that which I have to tell.

From American Merchant Ships and Sailors by Willis J. (Willis John) Abbot


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