Example Sentences

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In another country, Shabana* would have been graduating from high school next year, pursuing her dream to get a business degree.

From BBC • Sep. 10, 2024

Students have been graduating from local colleges the last few weekends, amid hopes for the future and with a much stronger economy than during the depths of the recession about a decade ago.

From Washington Times • May 30, 2018

If things had gone her way, she would have been graduating this month, moving a step closer to a doctorate in English and one of her goals of opening an arts center for children.

From Washington Post • Apr. 27, 2016

In recent years, universities have been graduating far more students with doctorates�a record 32,000 last year�than there are jobs for them.

From Time Magazine Archive