graduate
noun
a person who has received a degree or diploma on completing a course of study, as in a university, college, or school.
was graduating
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past progressiveof graduate.past progressive
Used to describe an ongoing action or continuous state that was happening at a specific time in the past.
Example Sentences
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"Even when I was graduating, we were getting paid like crazy. And we were so arrogant that we would not even pick up calls from recruiters," he said.
From BBC ● Jun. 27, 2025
I grew up, went to college, never thought about food until really the year that I was graduating college.
From Salon ● Mar. 20, 2024
Just as I was graduating from UCLA, my dad dropped a bombshell on me.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 22, 2023
And at the Air Force Academy a few days ago, Mr. Biden joked that “when I was graduating from high school 300 years ago, I applied to the Naval Academy.”
From New York Times ● Jun. 4, 2023
How much more important this was when the person was graduating at the top of the class.
From "I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings" by Maya Angelou
