college
noun
an institution of higher learning, especially one providing a general or liberal arts education rather than technical or professional training.
postcollege
-
a word derived from
college.
Example Sentences
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Yet her postcollege stint in the experimental theater scene always stuck with her, she says.
From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 20, 2026
Dear Prudence, After six months of searching and working in a restaurant, my sister finally got her first real postcollege job.
From Slate ● Mar. 22, 2018
In the memoir Christgau’s childhood, college and early postcollege years, plus attendant discursions—there are lots—precede his union with Dibbell.
From Time ● Feb. 24, 2015
Hannah, the spunky central character in the edgy new HBO series “Girls,” is a creative and endearingly naïve 24-year-old bumbling fearlessly through postcollege life.
From New York Times ● May 14, 2012
They were more likely to have done postcollege work and had an average of five more years of teaching experience.
From Time Magazine Archive
