as in postgraduate
of or relating to schooling done after earning a bachelor's degree
The team is conducting graduate research on the effects of climate change. She plans to begin graduate school in the fall.
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Smith is currently an active-duty Navy officer, but his primary responsibility at the moment is graduate school.
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Théoden Janes, Charlotte Observer, 17 Apr. 2026
The Martins also had a 28-year-old son Don, a former Marine who was a graduate student at Colombia University in New York at the time of the family's disappearance, the AP previously reported.
—Becca Longmire, PEOPLE, 17 Apr. 2026
Patterson started his state Legislature career after graduating and receiving a post-graduate fellowship from Sacramento State.
—Chaewon Chung, Sacbee.com, 15 Apr. 2026
In the waning days of Idaho’s legislative session, the Legislature approved hundreds of thousands of dollars of cuts to a fund that included money for graduate medical education.
—Becca Savransky, Idaho Statesman, 10 Apr. 2026
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Théoden Janes, Charlotte Observer, 17 Apr. 2026
The Martins also had a 28-year-old son Don, a former Marine who was a graduate student at Colombia University in New York at the time of the family's disappearance, the AP previously reported.
—Becca Longmire, PEOPLE, 17 Apr. 2026
Patterson started his state Legislature career after graduating and receiving a post-graduate fellowship from Sacramento State.
—Chaewon Chung, Sacbee.com, 15 Apr. 2026
In the waning days of Idaho’s legislative session, the Legislature approved hundreds of thousands of dollars of cuts to a fund that included money for graduate medical education.
—Becca Savransky, Idaho Statesman, 10 Apr. 2026
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Satya Marar is a postgraduate research fellow at the Mercatus Center at George Mason University, an AI and antitrust fellow at Innovators Network, and a Young Voices contributor.—
Satya Marar,
Oc Register,
17 Apr. 2026
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Proceeds from the evening will support the Whitney’s Independent Study Program, which supports emerging curators and artists at the postgraduate level.—
Kristen Tauer,
Footwear News,
15 Dec. 2025
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“Graduate.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/graduate. Accessed 3 May. 2026.
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