tertiary college

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noun

British a college system incorporating the secondary school sixth form and vocational courses

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How to use tertiary college in a sentence

This is the Mexico that U.S. college students would be wise to steer clear of on spring break.
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Under the current president and his predecessor, Jett notes, the ambassadorship of Belize has gone to college roommates.
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If the oft-talked-about college “hook-up culture” could be embodied by a place, it would be Shooters.
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In my four years of college, I know exactly one woman who has asked a man out on a date.
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This was also the year Duke University student Belle Knox put college girls on the map.
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He was converted and baptized, and was the first Hebrew instructor at Harvard college.
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They are very urgent questions; our sons and daughters will have to begin to deal with them from the moment they leave college.
The Salvaging Of Civilisation|H. G. (Herbert George) Wells
But you will find most colleges and most college societies bar religious instruction and discussion.
The Salvaging Of Civilisation|H. G. (Herbert George) Wells
In practice we find a good deal of technical study comes into the college stage.
The Salvaging Of Civilisation|H. G. (Herbert George) Wells
In Scotland and America that is distinguished and thought of clearly as the college stage.
The Salvaging Of Civilisation|H. G. (Herbert George) Wells