as in graduate
of or relating to studies done after earning a bachelor's degree or other degree
After college, she spent her first postgraduate year studying abroad.
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Recent Examples of postgraduate
Aris Folley, The Hill, 3 July 2025
At the same time, Ms. Hager showed a postgraduate appetite for media ventures on her terms.
—Matt Flegenheimer, New York Times, 21 Dec. 2022
Connie Etemadi, USA Today, 4 Nov. 2025
Today, most members of the Chinese elite have a background in management, while the country’s leader, Xi Jinping, has an undergraduate degree in chemical engineering and a postgraduate degree in law — the Marxist version.
—Andy Browne, semafor.com, 9 Oct. 2025
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Adjective
One is that more and more students will decide graduate school is not worth it and won’t go at all despite the growing share of the workforce that requires some form of postgraduate education.
—Aris Folley, The Hill, 3 July 2025
At the same time, Ms. Hager showed a postgraduate appetite for media ventures on her terms.
—Matt Flegenheimer, New York Times, 21 Dec. 2022
Noun
His postgraduate fellowship further refined his approach.
—Connie Etemadi, USA Today, 4 Nov. 2025
Today, most members of the Chinese elite have a background in management, while the country’s leader, Xi Jinping, has an undergraduate degree in chemical engineering and a postgraduate degree in law — the Marxist version.
—Andy Browne, semafor.com, 9 Oct. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for postgraduate
Adjective
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The district’s larger goal is to help students identify a post-graduate career field that fits their life goals.—
Samuel O’Neal
April 24,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
24 Apr. 2026
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The Clinton School is the first graduate school in the nation to offer a Master of Public Service degree.—
Daniel McFadin,
Arkansas Online,
23 Apr. 2026
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Corrigan earned her undergraduate degree in English from Fordhamin 1977 before going on to complete master’s and doctoral degrees from the University of Pennsylvania.—
William Earl,
Variety,
29 Apr. 2026
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That wasn’t always true in my experience as an undergraduate, but Duke was, in every sense, a rich kids’ school.—
Elizabeth Spiers,
Vanity Fair,
29 Apr. 2026
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Oil prices have an impact on voting behavior, according to decades of academic research.—
Jack Harvel,
Kansas City Star,
27 Apr. 2026
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The deeper issue is not academic integrity but the definition of intelligence.—
Gerald Bradshaw,
Chicago Tribune,
27 Apr. 2026
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The Zion Phelps story is going to be told over and over at Loyola High to show students what can happen when someone discovers potential and decides to take a chance to bring it out.—
Eric Sondheimer,
Los Angeles Times,
1 May 2026
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In 2014, the neuroscientist Anat Arzi was a graduate student at the Weizmann Institute of Science.—
Shayla Love,
New Yorker,
1 May 2026
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“Postgraduate.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/postgraduate. Accessed 3 May. 2026.
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