Definition of "graduates" []

• Plural form of graduate. (noun)
• Third-person singular simple present indicative form of graduate. (verb)

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• "He finds dignity for himself in pretending the job is training for the day when he finally graduates from the Academy (if he ever gets into it to begin with) and he consoles himself at the end of every shift with the knowledge that he has put in a good day's work, and the script allows him that much dignity."
• "And when he graduates from the grad school he can go “Nyah, Nyah” at BYU."
• "We might also ask ourselves if general liberal-arts graduates from the same universities will be so lucky."