graduate school
Americannoun
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graduate schools
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Other Word Forms
Noun Inflected Forms
Etymology
Origin of graduate school
An Americanism dating back to 1890–95
Example Sentences
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Then, at a little film school gathering at my friend’s house somewhere in Boyle Heights, I saw a friend from graduate school from across the room.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 18, 2026
Consider the University of Wisconsin-Madison, whose education graduate school was ranked No. 1 by U.S.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 8, 2026
She found Finch after a tough semester of graduate school where she felt like she was “falling apart as a person.”
From Slate ● Sep. 6, 2026
The foundation’s board chair, Elizabeth Spalding, is a visiting fellow at a graduate school branch of Hillsdale College in Washington, D.C.;
From Salon ● Jul. 21, 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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