as in postgraduate
of or relating to schooling done after earning a bachelor's degree
The team is conducting graduate research on the effects of climate change. She plans to begin graduate school in the fall.
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So investigators hire graduate students and buy equipment for the labs with money already in their institution’s coffers; the institution then requests the release of grant funds to pay themselves back.
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Byjeffrey Mervis, science.org, 28 Jan. 2025
The family lived in Indiana with their four children until their move to Canada in 2013 so Jacob, who has autism and is a math and science prodigy, could pursue graduate studies in physics.
—Rebecca Aizin, People.com, 7 Jan. 2025
Born in Austin, , in 1984, Ulbricht studied physics and pursued a graduate scholarship at Penn State before developing an interest in libertarian ideals and Bitcoin, according to Wired.
—Kate Nalepinski, Newsweek, 22 Jan. 2025
Paola, who’s working on a graduate architecture degree at Yale, was eating supper in Berlin.
—Ian Parker, The New Yorker, 20 Jan. 2025
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Byjeffrey Mervis, science.org, 28 Jan. 2025
The family lived in Indiana with their four children until their move to Canada in 2013 so Jacob, who has autism and is a math and science prodigy, could pursue graduate studies in physics.
—Rebecca Aizin, People.com, 7 Jan. 2025
Born in Austin, , in 1984, Ulbricht studied physics and pursued a graduate scholarship at Penn State before developing an interest in libertarian ideals and Bitcoin, according to Wired.
—Kate Nalepinski, Newsweek, 22 Jan. 2025
Paola, who’s working on a graduate architecture degree at Yale, was eating supper in Berlin.
—Ian Parker, The New Yorker, 20 Jan. 2025
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“Graduate.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/graduate. Accessed 22 Feb. 2025.
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