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Recent Examples of graduations
In video after video, young people complained about missing their high school graduations and senior proms, of the desolate college campuses that welcomed them and the increasingly precarious economy that waited for them on the other side.
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Josh Hammer, Newsweek, 14 Feb. 2025
Another asks trustees supporting the split to stay away from the high school graduations.
—Matthew Adams, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 6 Feb. 2025
Users can create events, such as birthdays, graduations and housewarming parties, and manage RSVPs and guest lists through the app.
—Kif Leswing, CNBC, 4 Feb. 2025
Life advice Attending milestones like birthdays, graduations, anniversaries and weddings can come with a hefty price tag.
—Brittney Melton, NPR, 4 Feb. 2025
Consumer spending tends to rebound in March, as Americans contemplate Spring Break, graduations, weddings and summer travel.
—Daniel De Visé, USA TODAY, 16 Jan. 2025
Just go to graduations and find out how many pictures people have cut out of their paper and put into scrapbooks.
—John Carlisle, Detroit Free Press, 13 Jan. 2025
December graduations are different.
—Jj Rosen, The Tennessean, 22 Dec. 2024
Most graduations occur in the Spring.
—Jj Rosen, The Tennessean, 22 Dec. 2024
Josh Hammer, Newsweek, 14 Feb. 2025
Another asks trustees supporting the split to stay away from the high school graduations.
—Matthew Adams, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 6 Feb. 2025
Users can create events, such as birthdays, graduations and housewarming parties, and manage RSVPs and guest lists through the app.
—Kif Leswing, CNBC, 4 Feb. 2025
Life advice Attending milestones like birthdays, graduations, anniversaries and weddings can come with a hefty price tag.
—Brittney Melton, NPR, 4 Feb. 2025
Consumer spending tends to rebound in March, as Americans contemplate Spring Break, graduations, weddings and summer travel.
—Daniel De Visé, USA TODAY, 16 Jan. 2025
Just go to graduations and find out how many pictures people have cut out of their paper and put into scrapbooks.
—John Carlisle, Detroit Free Press, 13 Jan. 2025
December graduations are different.
—Jj Rosen, The Tennessean, 22 Dec. 2024
Most graduations occur in the Spring.
—Jj Rosen, The Tennessean, 22 Dec. 2024
Recent Examples of Synonyms for graduations
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Racial hierarchies may be scrambling, but the reality that the existing global order was birthed to entrench racist beliefs cannot be erased.—
Zachariah Mampilly,
Foreign Affairs,
1 Apr. 2025
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While Henry worries about the risks of invasion by Spain or of a religious civil war, Cromwell, whom nobles nickname Crumb for his low birth, envisions a world that’s less beholden to ancient hierarchies.—
Inkoo Kang,
New Yorker,
30 Mar. 2025
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Taube points to recession-resistant sectors like healthcare and the use of bond ladders as ways to build stability.—
Amanda Castro,
MSNBC Newsweek,
7 Apr. 2025
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The ladders were erected under the nets, waiting for the players and coaches to cut them down; UConn left them alone and the workers took the ladders away after everybody left the court.—
Lori Riley,
Hartford Courant,
1 Apr. 2025
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Alexander Smirnov was sentenced to six years in prison in January after pleading guilty to lying to his FBI handler about the Biden family's ties to a Ukrainian energy company -- in addition to a series of unrelated tax fraud charges.—
Alexander Mallin,
ABC News,
11 Apr. 2025
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Having first launched in 2004, the Like a Version series has gone from being a near-impromptu acoustic affair to featuring larger studio productions.—
Tyler Jenke,
Billboard,
11 Apr. 2025
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At current scales, nobody can compete with DJI.—
David Hambling,
Forbes,
7 Jan. 2025
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Tipping the scales like that, the Area-51 laptops don’t feel like just a resurrection of Alienware’s flagship brand name but a throwback to older, basically immobile desktop replacement laptops.—
Antonio G. Di Benedetto,
The Verge,
7 Jan. 2025
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“Graduations.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/graduations. Accessed 23 Apr. 2025.
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