mature student
Britishnoun
Example Sentences
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Adam Dunas, a mature student at Durham University, started his university course in 2023, after working in IT and pursuing professional gaming.
From BBC • Mar. 20, 2026
Dr Axten, of Wells, Somerset, said he loved his time as a mature student at the University of Bristol between 2016 and 2022.
From BBC • Feb. 14, 2023
“I’m a mature student in a hurry,” she told him.
From Seattle Times • Nov. 17, 2022
Colin Webb, who was then a 25-year-old mature student at the UEA, carried out the interview and was happy it was now available to view again after nearly half a century.
From BBC • Sep. 24, 2022
Embryology precedes the treatise on the perfect animal; it is but right, therefore, that the new man should have our attention before the mature student.
From Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 1, October 9, 1841 by Various
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