undergrad
Americannoun
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undergrads
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Etymology
Origin of undergrad
By shortening
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An undergrad became a magazine staff writer and received a free ride to Columbia’s MFA program.
From Salon ● Aug. 24, 2026
Curry was an undergrad at the University of Texas at Arlington and a graduate of the University of Houston Law Center.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 20, 2026
Sotomayor has long been an advocate for criminal defendants in her jurisprudence, and for her part, Jackson’s thesis in undergrad even covered coercive plea bargaining.
From Slate ● Jun. 18, 2026
As a Stanford undergrad, Warsh worked as a White House intern on Thomas’s 1991 confirmation to the court.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 22, 2026
For Lexie, the precedent was not quite so clear: her mother had grown up in Shaker and had never gone far—just down to Denison for her undergrad before boomeranging back.
From "Little Fires Everywhere" by Celeste Ng
My undergrads are rightly fearful about the climate crisis but working in community to find their way.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 15, 2026
Thirty-eight percent of Stanford University undergrads have registered as disabled and are eligible to receive accommodations, including extra time to take tests.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 12, 2026
Minister for Skills Jacqui Smith said it was important that prospective undergrads "choose carefully".
From BBC ● Jun. 25, 2026
The government will begin a new consultation in the autumn to look at options for a minimum English language requirement for prospective undergrads to access student finance.
From BBC ● Jun. 25, 2026
At that time, be it remembered, a large proportion of K. undergrads were in residence—now it is otherwise.
From Animal Ghosts Or, Animal Hauntings and the Hereafter by Elliott O'Donnell
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