graduate school
Americannoun
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Etymology
Origin of graduate school
An Americanism dating back to 1890–95
Example Sentences
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People who were enrolled in graduate school and received a federal loan before July 1 will not face the new limits, according to the Education Department.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 6, 2026
In graduate school he studied with scientists who had worked on the Manhattan Project, and he worried that supporting nuclear energy could lead to the proliferation of weapons.
From Salon ● Jun. 26, 2026
The college and graduate school he said he had attended told the agent they had never heard of him.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 16, 2026
In one of Glover’s favorite pictures, snapped by his wife, he is sitting at his desk in his tan desert flight suit, focused on graduate school work while holding one of his daughters.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 20, 2026
During the summers after they graduated from college, both attended graduate school elsewhere.
From "Reaching for the Moon" by Katherine Johnson
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