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
Walter Loeb, Forbes, 16 June 2022
The University of California and 48,000 people who work as teachers and researchers while earning postgraduate degrees came to a tentative labor agreement Friday, both sides announced.
—Dennis Romero, NBC News, 17 Dec. 2022
Sergei Revzin and Vadim Revzin, Forbes, 10 Jan. 2025
Means is a holistic medicine doctor and wellness influencer
Means’ MD postgraduate license was granted in 2014 but shifted to inactive status in 2019, per the Los Angeles Times.
—Jordana Comiter, People.com, 8 May 2025
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Adjective
Academia is important for a few reasons; this community generates studies that influence company actions or consumer choices and also often awakens young people to be creative in their postgraduate years.
—Walter Loeb, Forbes, 16 June 2022
The University of California and 48,000 people who work as teachers and researchers while earning postgraduate degrees came to a tentative labor agreement Friday, both sides announced.
—Dennis Romero, NBC News, 17 Dec. 2022
Noun
Still, many are left wondering how to evaluate the return on an investment in postgraduate education when rapid technological advancements driven by Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning seem to be sowing doubt in which areas human talent will be most needed.
—Sergei Revzin and Vadim Revzin, Forbes, 10 Jan. 2025
Means is a holistic medicine doctor and wellness influencer
Means’ MD postgraduate license was granted in 2014 but shifted to inactive status in 2019, per the Los Angeles Times.
—Jordana Comiter, People.com, 8 May 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for postgraduate
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The endowments will support early-career scientists, particularly postdoctoral fellows and graduate students, along with visiting scholars, conferences and collaborative meetings.—
John Drake,
Forbes.com,
28 May 2025
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China followed as the second leading country of origin with more than 277,000 students, including nearly 123,000 graduate students, studying in the U.S.—
Jaclyn Diaz,
NPR,
24 May 2025
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As undergraduates at the Nanyang Technological University in Singapore, Lee Ray Sheng and Ye Anran joined forces in 2020 to launch Raydy Beehoon, a rice noodles business operated out of the campus canteen.—
Cat Wang,
Forbes.com,
14 May 2025
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England’s University of Oxford shared that a former undergraduate recently returned three library books that were checked out two decades ago.—
Brian Anthony Hernandez,
People.com,
10 May 2025
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Let this serve as a warning to all universities and academic institutions across the country.—
Anna Commander
Gabe Whisnant,
MSNBC Newsweek,
24 May 2025
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This philosophical underpinning drives the company beyond mere resurrection spectacles — a critique often levied by academic skeptics following the company’s milestone de-extinction announcement.—
Nia Bowers,
USA Today,
24 May 2025
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Long holiday weekends are ideal for travel because many people have an extra day off work and students are off from school.—
Sara Chernikoff,
USA Today,
23 May 2025
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In October 2019, the mother of four — who shares North West, 11, Saint West, 9, Chicago West, 7, and Psalm West, 6, with ex-husband Kanye West — dressed as the fictional Harvard law school student for Halloween.—
Angel Saunders,
People.com,
23 May 2025
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“Postgraduate.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/postgraduate. Accessed 4 Jun. 2025.
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