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
She had matriculated the previous Christmas, and was at present putting away a rather desultory half-year, before leaving school for good.
From The Getting of Wisdom by Henry Handel Richardson
And then I knew that I had matriculated as an agent of the Government.
From By Wit of Woman by Arthur W. (Arthur Williams) Marchmont
