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a scheme of rank or order
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Participation in the group provides graduation honors and activities for students who are in their third year of a Spanish class and have maintained 3.5 GPA or above in their Spanish classes.
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Olivia Stevens, Chicago Tribune, 3 Mar. 2025
Upon graduation, the Benin City native (real name Chimamanda Pearl Chukwuma) moved to Lagos with her family and started writing songs for the country’s stars like Skales, Iyanya and Larry Gaaga.
—Heran Mamo, Billboard, 26 Feb. 2025
The Fellowship, awarded annually to individuals who have made an outstanding contribution to the industry, will be presented to Theroux by Sophie Turner Laing, chair of the NFTS Board of Governors during the School’s Class of 2025 graduation ceremony, due to take place March 7 in London.
—Lily Ford, The Hollywood Reporter, 24 Feb. 2025
The academy will meet from 6-9 p.m. Tuesdays, beginning April 15 for six weeks, concluding with a graduation ceremony on May 20.
—Post-Tribune, Chicago Tribune, 23 Feb. 2025
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Olivia Stevens, Chicago Tribune, 3 Mar. 2025
Upon graduation, the Benin City native (real name Chimamanda Pearl Chukwuma) moved to Lagos with her family and started writing songs for the country’s stars like Skales, Iyanya and Larry Gaaga.
—Heran Mamo, Billboard, 26 Feb. 2025
The Fellowship, awarded annually to individuals who have made an outstanding contribution to the industry, will be presented to Theroux by Sophie Turner Laing, chair of the NFTS Board of Governors during the School’s Class of 2025 graduation ceremony, due to take place March 7 in London.
—Lily Ford, The Hollywood Reporter, 24 Feb. 2025
The academy will meet from 6-9 p.m. Tuesdays, beginning April 15 for six weeks, concluding with a graduation ceremony on May 20.
—Post-Tribune, Chicago Tribune, 23 Feb. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for graduation
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By Emma Whitford and Matt Schifrin, Forbes Staff Forbes College Financial Grades are designed to assess a private not-for-profit college’s operational soundness and balance sheet health using the following nine measures (Click here for the full ranking).—
Emma Whitford,
Forbes,
7 Mar. 2025
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Here's our ranking of the current Apple TV+ Sci-Fi category, running from worst to best.—
New Atlas,
New Atlas,
6 Mar. 2025
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While elite schools and second-tier colleges may thrive, those further down the selectivity ladder face an existential crisis.—
Scott White,
Forbes,
5 Mar. 2025
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At greasing time, each of us competitors climbed a ladder held stable by a 610 Stomper and a Merry Antoinette.—
Chelsea Brasted,
Axios,
3 Mar. 2025
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According to Maslow’s theory of the hierarchy of needs, national cultures and ethnic backgrounds vary yet the underlying logic of consumption is fundamentally similar; people's basic consumption needs are consistent.—
Russell Flannery,
Forbes,
1 Mar. 2025
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But September 5 is essentially an analysis of the network hierarchies hiding within today’s political journalism.—
Armond White,
National Review,
28 Feb. 2025
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The Oscars should be long, indulgent, and for the fans; the ceremony happens once a year, and it should be staged at the same absurd scale as something like the Super Bowl.—
David Sims,
The Atlantic,
3 Mar. 2025
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Amazon’s fulfillment centers exemplify this transformation at scale, with over 750,000 mobile robots worldwide navigating complex environments to retrieve items.—
Janakiram MSV,
Forbes,
3 Mar. 2025
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The Liberty-Lynx series peaked at 2.15 million viewers for the deciding Game 5, which New York won in overtime, while the full set averaged 1.57 million.—
Anthony Crupi,
Sportico.com,
7 Mar. 2025
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The move follows a 2023 investigation by the CBC’s The Fifth Estate series that alleged Sainte-Marie had been fraudulently posing as Native throughout her 60-year career.—
Etan Vlessing,
The Hollywood Reporter,
7 Mar. 2025
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“Graduation.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/graduation. Accessed 13 Mar. 2025.
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