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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It’s where Dakota Johnson apparently lives while going through her postcollege identity crisis in the 2010s breakup movie How to Be Single.
From Slate ● Sep. 6, 2026
Yet her postcollege stint in the experimental theater scene always stuck with her, she says.
From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 20, 2026
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
In her speech here, Wickenheiser proposed the creation of a women’s league with teams composed of the best postcollege players from North America and Europe.
From New York Times ● Aug. 26, 2010
After a few postcollege years in Boston, he hightailed it back to the only city in America he deems worth living in and found an affordable but tiny basement apartment before the rents went sky-high.
From Time Magazine Archive
