The grammatical form denoting more than one person, place, thing, or idea.
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She told the Las Vegas Review-Journal her proudest accomplishment was “making sure I got all my children through high school and college”—and she wound up being awarded several honorary degrees herself.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 5, 2026
The first honorary degrees will be awarded at a special Commemoration Day ceremony on Wednesday 17 June.
From BBC ● Apr. 14, 2026
It also nixed the awarding of honorary degrees at the ceremony to recipients including tennis star Billie Jean King.
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 27, 2024
Days later, USC scrapped the keynote speech by filmmaker Jon M. Chu — a 2003 graduate of the university — and said it would not confer honorary degrees.
From Seattle Times ● Apr. 25, 2024
That June Danny and I were among the seventy-eight students who were graduated from Hirsch College, to the accompaniment of numerous speeches, applause, honorary degrees, and family congratulations.
From "The Chosen" by Chaim Potok
