How to Use cum laude in a Sentence

cum laude

adverb or adjective
  • Hamm earned a cum laude bachelor of arts and a master’s from Loyola College.
    — baltimoresun.com, 30 Sep. 2019
  • The couple met at Colorado College, from which both graduated cum laude.
    — New York Times, 1 July 2018
  • Alex Lasry graduated cum laude from UPenn, Tate noted, and was on the dean's list twice.
    — Daniel Bice, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 13 Aug. 2021
  • The drawing is part of a new program that rewards cum laude distinction and contributions to the community.
    — Yadira Sanchez Olson, Chicago Tribune, 17 May 2024
  • Holland graduated cum laude with a bachelor of arts degree in global studies and business in the liberal arts.
    — cleveland, 21 May 2021
  • Sturdivant, who graduated cum laude with distinction, also got honor cords and a medallion.
    — David Jesse, Detroit Free Press, 9 May 2022
  • Cruz-Neira graduated cum laude the following year and transitioned to a full-time position as a software architect.
    — IEEE Spectrum, 27 May 2025
  • Spence graduated cum laude from the University of Wyoming law school in 1952 but needed two tries to pass the state bar exam.
    — Nino Paoli, Fortune, 15 Aug. 2025
  • Alex, a graduate of Elyria High School, has graduated cum laude with a bachelor of arts degree in English.
    — Rich Heileman, cleveland, 7 Feb. 2020
  • And not many came there from Harvard, as Randall did, arriving with a cum laude degree in English and American literature.
    — Steve Hochman, SPIN, 15 Apr. 2024
  • The school cited mental health as a reason for the change and will still offer the Latin distinctions of summa cum laude, magna cum laude and cum laude in an effort to encourage high achievement without as much pressure and competition.
    — Rachel Berry, Cincinnati.com, 12 June 2019
  • Halvorson won a league wrestling title for Antioch in 1981 before graduating cum laude from San Francisco State.
    — Mitch Stephens, San Francisco Chronicle, 18 Feb. 2021
  • Butler, a Howard University cum laude alum, is credited with creating a new genre of quilting using photographs and sketches that celebrate Black life in life-size stunning portraits.
    — Sandra Guzman, USA Today, 4 May 2026
  • Natalia, who graduated cum laude from the University of Southern California in May with a degree in film, also honored her father on that day with her graduation gown.
    — Natasha Dye, PEOPLE, 8 Oct. 2025
  • According to her obituary, after high school, Rachel earned her bachelor of business administration, cum laude, from the University of Wisconsin–Milwaukee.
    — Sarah Rumpf-Whitten, FOXNews.com, 14 Oct. 2025
  • Before graduating cum laude from the Hogeschool voor de Kunsten — now ArtEZ Institute of the Arts — in Arnhem in 1988, he was expelled from the Design Academy Eindhoven.
    — Sofia Celeste, Footwear News, 3 Sep. 2019
  • His academic path includes studies at the University of California, Berkeley, and Abraham Lincoln University School of Law, graduating cum laude, along with additional training through Cornell University.
    — Daniel Fusch, USA Today, 8 May 2026

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