postgrad
Americanadjective
Etymology
Origin of postgrad
First recorded in 1945–50; by shortening
Example Sentences
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Some 13% had doubts about the postgrad job market.
From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 31, 2026
Dimitra had boarded the train in Volos on the coast after finishing her postgrad class, and was inside one of the front carriages of the passenger train carrying some 350 people from Athens to Thessaloniki.
From BBC • Mar. 11, 2023
Q. Re: Stressed mama: Your doctor-to-be will have at least three years of postgrad training after med school, and the pay’s not great.
From Slate • Aug. 24, 2021
Along with Bukowski and Ron Koertge, Locklin’s friend from his Arizona postgrad days, Locklin attracted a devoted readership in the Wormwood Review, one of the biggest of the little magazines.
From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 29, 2021
During her postgrad years, she acted, did stand-up and wrote plays without receiving much in the way of external validation.
From New York Times • Oct. 8, 2020
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