as in student
a person enrolled in a college or university who has not yet earned a degree
a group of college undergraduates
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Recent Examples of undergraduate
As an undergraduate at Princeton in the early 2000s, Venable found the subject fascinating.
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Cody Stavenhagen, The Athletic, 20 Feb. 2025
Many students rely on financial aid to attend college, with roughly 75 percent of all undergraduates getting some sort of assistance, whether federally or from their college, according to the National Center for Education Statistics.
—Josh Hammer, Newsweek, 14 Feb. 2025
Assigned to a team of four undergraduates, Weiss helped conceptualize and activate RCG’s healthcare branch.
—Brianna Kamienski, USA TODAY, 14 Feb. 2025
Rather than only focusing on math and computer science classes during his three semesters as a Harvard University undergraduate, Gates loaded up on extra classes that interested him, like criminal justice and British history.
—Tom Huddleston Jr., CNBC, 5 Feb. 2025
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Cody Stavenhagen, The Athletic, 20 Feb. 2025
Many students rely on financial aid to attend college, with roughly 75 percent of all undergraduates getting some sort of assistance, whether federally or from their college, according to the National Center for Education Statistics.
—Josh Hammer, Newsweek, 14 Feb. 2025
Assigned to a team of four undergraduates, Weiss helped conceptualize and activate RCG’s healthcare branch.
—Brianna Kamienski, USA TODAY, 14 Feb. 2025
Rather than only focusing on math and computer science classes during his three semesters as a Harvard University undergraduate, Gates loaded up on extra classes that interested him, like criminal justice and British history.
—Tom Huddleston Jr., CNBC, 5 Feb. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for undergraduate
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Besides Oklahoma, rules or bills have been introduced in the legislatures of at least four other states that seek to restrict undocumented children from attending public school for free or require proof of students’ or their parents’ citizenship.—
Gabe Gutierrez,
NBC News,
28 Feb. 2025
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Columbia Students for Justice in Palestine displayed videos on X of masked students in a hallway beating on drums and chanting on megaphones.—
Christina Shaw,
Fox News,
27 Feb. 2025
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Additional public universities were developed after 1947, notably the prestigious Quaid-i-Azam University, founded in 1967 to offer postgraduate programs, and the Allam Igbal Open University, Pakistan’s largest university with over 1 million students, founded in 1974.—
Bryan Penprase,
Forbes,
18 Feb. 2025
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The bulk of the funds went to the Lee Kuan Yew School of Public Policy, a postgraduate institution that is part of the National University of Singapore.—
Kevin Lim,
CNBC,
7 Feb. 2025
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The Department Of Education Is Already Being Dismantled, Impacting Student Loan Operations Most legal scholars agree that Trump cannot simply eliminate the Department of Education through executive action.—
Adam S. Minsky,
Forbes,
4 Mar. 2025
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Legal scholars question what will happen to the Fed if the Supreme Court says independent agencies are unconstitutional.—
Greg Rosalsky,
NPR,
4 Mar. 2025
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“Undergraduate.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/undergraduate. Accessed 13 Mar. 2025.
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