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postgraduate

[pohst-graj-oo-it, -eyt] / poʊstˈgrædʒ u ɪt, -ˌeɪt /
NOUN
alumnus
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NOUN
alumna
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The investigation began during a postgraduate course, when researchers noticed an unusual growth mark in the microscopic structure of a fully grown C. theotonicus fossil discovered in northwestern Argentina.

From Science Daily Aug. 13, 2026

In some universities, students are promised additional benefits, including lump-sum payments, budget-funded places, easier admission to postgraduate courses, or better accommodation.

From BBC Jul. 3, 2026

After receiving a postgraduate diploma in marketing at the Australian Graduate School of Management, she held senior positions at Australian telecom companies including Telstra.

From The Wall Street Journal Jun. 18, 2026

When I completed my postgraduate studies in the late 1990s, I shelved my doctoral finance thesis in a dusty library.

From Barron's Jun. 5, 2026

He was haunted by what he did not have—a postgraduate degree, an upper-middle-class life—and so his affected words became his armor.

From "Americanah" by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie

The survey found education correlates with generosity: donor participation peaks among graduates and postgraduates.

From BBC Feb. 19, 2026

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

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

From the ranks of this wayward class came the old editors and reporters; they were postgraduates from the back room of newspaper offices and they brought to the front room their easy view of life.

From In Our Town by Frederic Rodrigo Gruger




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