Thesaurus results for GRADUATIONS

graduations

noun

plural of graduation

as in rankings

a scheme of rank or order had a graduation of testing levels into which to divide the students

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Recent Examples of graduations Some of the most striking parts of your reporting are the moments these sailors missed back at home, including graduations and weddings. — Dana Taylor, USA Today, 26 Aug. 2026 Gathering for parties, for graduations, for celebrations here in Hawaii is very, very big here. — Emily Elias, Bon Appetit Magazine, 10 Aug. 2026 With our children’s births spaced four years apart, that added up to 11 parent weekends (minus one for Covid), dozens of homecomings, and three graduations. — Anne Byrn, Southern Living, 3 Aug. 2026 But instead, Lee traded in school dances, graduations and family birthdays for connections all around the world. — Colson Thayer, PEOPLE, 31 July 2026 Commentary and opinions Columnist Steve Lopez gives readers an inside look into a Hollywood courtroom where defendants are sentenced to get help and graduations are celebrated. — Los Angeles Times, 30 July 2026 So every Native Forward scholar gets a person — staff who check in, celebrate graduations, and sometimes simply call a financial aid office on a student’s behalf. — Laurel Donnellan, Forbes.com, 29 July 2026 But in a year that was supposed to culminate in several high-profile prospect graduations, the returns have been underwhelming. — Matt Gelb, New York Times, 24 July 2026 Two graduations lost Alexis Urrutia described her older brother as more than a sibling. — Miami Herald, 24 July 2026

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Texas dominated many national rankings in the report as well, with the ZIP code encompassing the Dallas suburb of Crandall ranking second on the list and a more urban Dallas ZIP code ranking 10th.

— Faith Bugenhagen, Austin American Statesman, 28 Feb. 2026

Definition of rankings

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Depending on the club, the hierarchies are still clear, and there might be little overlap between those positions.

— Sebastian Stafford-Bloor, New York Times, 26 Aug. 2026
While mapping these structural hierarchies is a foundational data modeling challenge, the piece that most organizations completely underestimate is the dynamic signal layer.

— Filip Popovic, Forbes.com, 18 Aug. 2026

Definition of hierarchies

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As impressive as many space-saving tiny houses are, not everyone is cut out for climbing into small lofts using movable ladders, or sleeping on a sofa bed every night.

— New Atlas, New Atlas, 30 Aug. 2026
Additionally, local fire department ladders only reached a height of 100 feet, CW affiliate WGN and WBC reported at the time.

— Charlotte Phillipp, PEOPLE, 21 Aug. 2026

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Four batters into Monday night’s series opener against the Milwaukee Brewers, the Chicago Cubs had their first home run, a two-run blast off the bat of Tyrone Taylor.

— Johnny Flores Jr, New York Times, 1 Sep. 2026
This article is part of the Business of Influence series, examining the inner workings of content creation and how the industry is set to change in the years to come.

— Joe Bobowicz, Vogue, 1 Sep. 2026

Definition of series

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Each of the four fold-out implements within the Helton chassis locks in place via a simple liner lock-style mechanism between the scales that secures the tool at the joint.

— New Atlas, New Atlas, 1 Sep. 2026
Because the amount of charge scales with how far a drop slides and the coating’s ability to resist scales with its thickness, the effect has a limit.

— Jacek Krywko, ArsTechnica, 31 Aug. 2026

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