matriculate
verb (used with object)
to enroll in a college or university as a candidate for a degree.
had matriculated
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past perfectof matriculate.past perfect
Used to express a completed action that took place before another specific past action occurred.
Example Sentences
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It was only when I had matriculated and moved to New York City as a journalism major that I began to become haunted by the sound of my own voice.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 25, 2023
That put the game in the hands of Winters, a starting receiver and cornerback for Central Catholic until that season, when he replaced DeShone Kizer, who had matriculated to Notre Dame, at quarterback.
From New York Times ● Feb. 10, 2022
According to the complaint, Bowen agreed to attend the school only after Adidas executive Jim Gatto promised to pay the player’s family $100,000, and he had matriculated in the school when the academic year began.
From Washington Post ● Sep. 27, 2017
As soon as he reached Lincoln in September, he had matriculated at the State University for special work in European History.
From One of Ours by Willa Sibert Cather
In 1905 there were eighty-five women at the universities who had matriculated in Germany; but there are hundreds working at the universities without matriculating first.
From Home Life in Germany by Mrs. Alfred Sidgwick
