Example Sentences

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Contreras is graduating from Hesperia High School on Thursday after graduating last week from Chaffey College, and she’ll graduate next month from Victor Valley College.

From Los Angeles Times • May 28, 2026

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

But so is graduating from high school and leaving it behind.

From "The Boy in the Black Suit" by Jason Reynolds