How to Use undergrad in a Sentence

undergrad

noun
  • Rousemiller plans on taking a pre-med route for his undergrad.
    — Jace Frederick, Twin Cities, 31 Jan. 2017
  • The virus is stealing from them some of the best times of their undergrad lives.
    — Paul Daugherty, The Enquirer, 14 Sep. 2020
  • But as a brand-new hire straight out of undergrad, now is a time of learning.
    — Claire Suddath, Bloomberg.com, 8 Mar. 2018
  • My undergrad and film school debt followed me around like a stalker in the night.
    — Literary Hub, 30 July 2025
  • In my undergrad class there were like 9% women.
    — Jeffrey Kluger, Time, 26 Mar. 2026
  • Things got harder from there for Gore, who tore his knee twice as an undergrad.
    — Adam H. Beasley, miamiherald, 22 Mar. 2018
  • The fashions may have changed, but the undergrads are still visible.
    — Tom Vanderbilt, Travel + Leisure, 27 Aug. 2023
  • Sergio, a 20-year-old undergrad, had caught the virus twice but couldn’t get tested.
    — Susan Shapiro, Wired, 22 Sep. 2020
  • Mom Angelina Jolie dropped off the teen for her first year of undergrad.
    — Quinci Legardye, Harper's BAZAAR, 12 Aug. 2022
  • Feel like a Harvard undergrad at these spots in and around Cambridge.
    — Condé Nast Traveler, 6 Mar. 2018
  • My parents provided the same amount to each of us daughters for up to four years in undergrad, and two years in grad.
    — R29 Team, refinery29.com, 5 June 2024
  • And not just filled, but with enough resources to offer staff raises and keep tuition flat for in-state undergrads.
    — Joanna Allhands, AZCentral.com, 29 Aug. 2025
  • About 50 undergrads have remained in Kunshan with a small group of staff.
    — Nick Anderson, Washington Post, 22 Feb. 2020
  • Week 5 is yet another test for our intrepid undergrad.
    — J.j. Bailey, New York Times, 2 Oct. 2025
  • Three legends and one current undergrad made the cut in a long, winding answer that followed.
    — Michael Casagrande | [email protected], al, 16 Aug. 2019
  • This policy will start for undergrads in the fall of 2027.
    — Ellie Coatar, CBS News, 14 May 2026
  • Heumann House is on track for opening next fall to undergrads in the sophomore to senior classes.
    — Sam Whiting, San Francisco Chronicle, 31 Mar. 2026
  • Itamar Moses, who won for best book of a musical, was a Yale undergrad.
    — Christopher Arnott, courant.com, 14 June 2018
  • Some of these students, who help teach undergrads and supply labor in campus labs, are taking out loans just to pay the fees.
    — Jon Marcus, Washington Post, 2 Aug. 2019
  • David Wyman was my undergrad advisor at UMass many years ago.
    — Washington Post, 15 Mar. 2018
  • School always came easy for McMillon, and the first few years of undergrad weren’t too bad either.
    — Michael Casagrande | [email protected], al, 18 Sep. 2020
  • Especially with the undergrads in the crowd.
    — Sean Keeler, Denver Post, 12 Apr. 2026
  • Or just drunk undergrads being drunk undergrads.
    — Sean Keeler, Denver Post, 23 Nov. 2025
  • CEOs like to complain that the best undergrads come with specialized skills but lack these basics.
    — Cathy N. Davidson, Time, 6 Sep. 2017
  • At the time, there were only a handful of South Asian undergrads at Harvard.
    — Rebecca Traister, Vulture, 10 Feb. 2026
  • The very top floor seemed to be more for students, offering cheapo meals to undergrads with empty pockets — beans on toast, chips on toast, that sort of thing.
    — Jody Mamone, Hartford Courant, 16 Mar. 2026
  • The next year, his final year of undergrad, the team only lost one game all season, and that was in their regional semifinal.
    — Erik Anderson, Boston Herald, 21 Feb. 2026
  • Samuel and LaTanya first met as undergrads in college in Atlanta.
    — Escher Walcott, People.com, 19 Aug. 2025
  • Yale is in the process of building a new drama school building, which will house Yale Rep and the grad and undergrad programs.
    — Caitlin Huston, HollywoodReporter, 25 May 2026
  • So that kind of put the bug in my head, and then taking that course with Jeff Sachs inspired me to take more and more courses as an undergrad.
    — Heather Landy, Quartz, 15 Sep. 2021

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