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a school, usually a division of a university, offering courses leading to degrees more advanced than the bachelor's degree.

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Origin of graduate school

An Americanism dating back to 1890–95

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How to use graduate school in a sentence

My husband and I are their age, but while they are all wealthy, well-educated, married homeowners with children, we are childless renters in graduate school.
Carolyn Hax: Her sister-in-law has the starring role in a mean group chat|Carolyn Hax|January 31, 2021|Washington Post
Most of what I was taught in graduate school regarding pricing, profits, antitrust policy, fiscal policy, and so much more, no longer holds.
We are all tech companies now|Alan Murray|January 25, 2021|Fortune
It was during graduate school at the University of Texas in 1989 that she bagged an internship with Chevron, which led to her lifelong journey in energy.
The Women Reshaping the C-Suite|Nick Fouriezos|January 24, 2021|Ozy
After Princeton, I went off to graduate school at Columbia University.
How I Learned to Love and Fear the Riemann Hypothesis|Alex Kontorovich|January 4, 2021|Quanta Magazine

Around the time Williams started graduate school at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology in 2001, mathematicians were developing a new way of thinking about the positive Grassmannian.
A Mathematician’s Unanticipated Journey Through the Physical World|Kevin Hartnett|December 16, 2020|Quanta Magazine
The whys the wherefores, I think a lot of that is somehow a link from decoding texts, as they say in graduate school.
Daphne Merkin on Lena Dunham, Book Criticism, and Self-Examination|Mindy Farabee|December 26, 2014|DAILY BEAST
When I went to graduate school, I carried his books around like the Bible.
Tony Earley's Imaginary Friends|Mindy Farabee|September 2, 2014|DAILY BEAST
He managed to get through graduate school without taking any loans.
Vikram Chandra Is A Novelist Who's Obsessed With Writing Computer Code|Jane Ciabattari|August 29, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Deresiewicz taught English at Yale for a decade, and he studied at Columbia for undergraduate and graduate school.
The Ivy League Provides the Best Trade Schools Around|Nick Romeo|August 17, 2014|DAILY BEAST
I was in graduate school, involved in a lively discussion about the rhetoric of architecture.
Why I Finally Let My Girls Be Girly|Andy Hinds|May 17, 2014|DAILY BEAST
A post-graduate school of bibliography, such as I have in mind should offer instruction to two classes of students.
Papers and Proceedings of the Twenty-Third General Meeting of the American Library Association|Various
This had its continuation in a graduate school, if we may so call a Bible circle among the theologians attending the court.
The Influence of the Bible on Civilisation|Ernst Von Dobschutz
Yes—and came back to Dallas and went into graduate school here.
Warren Commission (6 of 26): Hearings Vol. VI (of 15)|The President's Commission on the Assassination of President Kennedy
In a word, the Collge de France was the first modern post-graduate school.
Makers of Modern Medicine|James J. Walsh
It can be applied to the occupations of the kindergarten, or it can be made an intensive study suitable for the graduate school.
College Teaching|Paul Klapper

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