cum laude
adverb or adjective
cum lau·de
ku̇m-ˈlau̇-də 
-dē;
ˌkəm-ˈlȯ-dē
: with distinction
graduated cum laude
compare magna cum laude, summa cum laude
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No one was surprised that the cum laude graduate of the prestigious university in Monterrey Mexico was thriving in LA, especially her sister, Fernanda.
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Jonathan Vigliotti, CBS News, 30 Mar. 2025
McCombs served as editor of the Daily Princetonian student newspaper, became president of the Southern Club, was the leading orator in the American Whig Society and graduated cum laude in 1898.
—arkansasonline.com, 22 Mar. 2025
Mangione graduated cum laude from the University of Pennsylvania.
—Summer Lin, Los Angeles Times, 11 Dec. 2024
After graduating cum laude from Brooklyn College in the early 1940s, Chisholm taught as a nursery school teacher while pursuing her master’s degree in early childhood education at Columbia University.
—Dawn Sawyer, CNN, 1 Dec. 2024
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Jonathan Vigliotti, CBS News, 30 Mar. 2025
McCombs served as editor of the Daily Princetonian student newspaper, became president of the Southern Club, was the leading orator in the American Whig Society and graduated cum laude in 1898.
—arkansasonline.com, 22 Mar. 2025
Mangione graduated cum laude from the University of Pennsylvania.
—Summer Lin, Los Angeles Times, 11 Dec. 2024
After graduating cum laude from Brooklyn College in the early 1940s, Chisholm taught as a nursery school teacher while pursuing her master’s degree in early childhood education at Columbia University.
—Dawn Sawyer, CNN, 1 Dec. 2024
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“Cum laude.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/cum%20laude. Accessed 11 Apr. 2025.
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