dean's list
Americannoun
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dean's lists
plural
Other Word Forms
Noun Inflected Forms
Etymology
Origin of dean's list
First recorded in 1925–30
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Good made the dean’s list that year, according to a school post.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jan. 8, 2026
He enrolled at a community college, sending his mother his dean’s list certificates.
From New York Times ● Mar. 21, 2022
Jurinek was a junior at Southern Illinois University Carbondale, where he was studying art and media and was on the dean’s list this semester.
From Seattle Times ● Nov. 7, 2021
The grandson of Greek Cypriot immigrants, Pavlou was an academic star — he’d made the dean’s list twice and won a poetry prize while pursuing a triple major in philosophy, history and English literature.
From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 21, 2020
When she made the dean’s list, he celebrated.
From "Class Matters" by The New York Times
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