graduate school
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of graduate school
An Americanism dating back to 1890–95
Example Sentences
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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
A low starting salary, global pandemic, unaffordable housing market, graduate school and two kids didn’t stop Blake Edwards and his wife from becoming millionaires by their early 30s.
From MarketWatch • May 15, 2026
He studied the subject in graduate school, earning a doctorate in statistics, and then took his passion to Wall Street, where what isn’t evident is often key.
From Barron's • Apr. 30, 2026
Galvan, whose husband was also unemployed after a tech layoff, eventually enrolled in graduate school and currently works part-time as a writing tutor and editor of various blogs and journals at San Jose State University.
From Slate • Apr. 20, 2026
Ifemelu did not quite grasp what it all meant, but it sounded correct because it came from him, the America expert, who so easily said "graduate school" instead of “postgraduate school.”
From "Americanah" by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
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