postgrad
Americanadjective
Etymology
Origin of postgrad
First recorded in 1945–50; by shortening
Example Sentences
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“My objective postgrad was to just get a job,” Lee said.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 4, 2026
As a postgrad student in 1994, I was granted my childhood wish of a year in New York.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Dec. 12, 2025
Chung, who immigrated to the U.S. at 17, left her postgrad career in high tech to pursue her passion for food, according to her website.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 31, 2024
Dimitra had boarded the train in Volos on the coast after finishing her postgrad class, and was inside one of the front carriages of the passenger train carrying some 350 people from Athens to Thessaloniki.
From BBC ● Mar. 11, 2023
Like a lot of people, however, my postgrad plans were thrown into complete disarray by the COVID-19 pandemic.
From Slate ● Sep. 17, 2020
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