undergrad
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Origin of undergrad
By shortening
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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
After going to Brown University for undergrad, Savitt moved to New York City to be a musician and try to get a record deal.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 10, 2026
I had gone to college — undergrad was free on a Pell Grant for low-income students — but borrowed money for graduate school.
From Salon ● Apr. 19, 2026
Among its residents: the mother, father, grandmother and grandfather of an ASU undergrad.
From MarketWatch ● Apr. 10, 2026
“But believe me, being another guy with another NYU undergrad degree in acting, it’s like there’s a zillion of us actors here.”
From "Better Nate Than Ever" by Tim Federle
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
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
The change came after “significant numbers” of undergrads and faculty requested it, “given their perception that cheating on in-class exams has become widespread,” according to a letter from Michael Gordin, Princeton’s dean of the college.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 12, 2026
"The badlands in Wyoming where the finds were made is a unique 'mummy zone' that has more surprises in store from fossils collected over years of visits by teams of university undergrads."
From Science Daily ● Nov. 30, 2025
So, because he had been fond of her, he was glad to listen to Strangeways, even when he related her newer conquests over more recent undergrads, and her later romantic history.
From Murder Point A Tale of Keewatin by Dawson, Coningsby
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