graduate
noun
a person who has received a degree or diploma on completing a course of study, as in a university, college, or school.
is graduating
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present progressiveof graduate (3rd person singular).present progressive
Used to describe an ongoing action or state that is currently taking place in the immediate present.
Example Sentences
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One of our lifelong participants, despite total blindness, is graduating from the University of Miami Frost School of Music and transitioning on full scholarship to the University of Miami School of Law.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 27, 2026
"We are worried about some negative trends in our schools and neighbourhoods, and within Norwegian youth culture in general," says Solveig Haukenes Aase, whose eldest child is graduating this year.
From BBC ● May 30, 2025
Gen Z — people born between 1997 and 2012 — is graduating from college and flooding the labor market, bringing a fresh outlook and bold ideas to traditional workplaces.
From Salon ● Jan. 6, 2025
Barron Trump has been largely kept out of the public eye, but he turned 18 on March and is graduating from high school next week.
From Seattle Times ● May 8, 2024
And some relative’s son is graduating from college this year.
From "Hunger of Memory" by Richard Rodriguez
