undergrad
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of undergrad
By shortening
Example Sentences
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Among its residents: the mother, father, grandmother and grandfather of an ASU undergrad.
From MarketWatch • Apr. 10, 2026
“I remember being an undergrad looking for more plays and Wikipedia-ing the Pulitzers for a reading list,” he said.
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 8, 2026
Earle, one of today’s biggest social-media stars, started working with Berman and her team of agents while she was an undergrad at the University of Miami.
From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 4, 2026
“Western civilisation enjoyer” Drew Pavlou, a basement-dwelling influencer known best for taking a decade to complete an undergrad degree, immediately began livestreaming the shootings on his monetized YouTube channel.
From Slate • Dec. 18, 2025
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
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