as in to enrol
to add (a person) to a list or roll as a participant or member
the college matriculated 1000 students for the fall semester
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Recent Examples of matriculate
From 2020–2024, more than thirty graduates from Deerfield matriculated to Brown University and Yale University, respectively.
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Christopher Rim, Forbes.com, 25 June 2025
Until that point, Victor had been living a typical postgrad creative life in Brooklyn, matriculating through the stand-up comedy scene and working part-time at the woman-run satire website Reductress.
—Rachel Brodsky, Rolling Stone, 6 June 2025
Ananda was born in Los Angeles, California, and attended the San Diego School of Creative and Performing Arts before heading to the nation’s capital to matriculate at Howard University.
—Doug Melville, Forbes.com, 13 June 2025
New York University and Columbia University each have around 25,000 F-1 students currently matriculating, as does Northeastern in Boston.
—Dan Gooding, MSNBC Newsweek, 6 June 2025
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Christopher Rim, Forbes.com, 25 June 2025
Until that point, Victor had been living a typical postgrad creative life in Brooklyn, matriculating through the stand-up comedy scene and working part-time at the woman-run satire website Reductress.
—Rachel Brodsky, Rolling Stone, 6 June 2025
Ananda was born in Los Angeles, California, and attended the San Diego School of Creative and Performing Arts before heading to the nation’s capital to matriculate at Howard University.
—Doug Melville, Forbes.com, 13 June 2025
New York University and Columbia University each have around 25,000 F-1 students currently matriculating, as does Northeastern in Boston.
—Dan Gooding, MSNBC Newsweek, 6 June 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for matriculate
enroll
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To install any of Apple's public betas, enroll your Apple account on Apple's software beta website.—
Andrew Cunningham,
ArsTechnica,
24 July 2025
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All these schools enroll significant numbers of active military service members and veterans.—
Michael T. Nietzel,
Forbes.com,
24 July 2025
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“Matriculate.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/matriculate. Accessed 30 Jul. 2025.
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