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- noun Plural form of
commencement .
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Examples
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In college I believe it's called commencements, meaning you are about to commence your life long learning.
All Navel, All the Time Anne Johnson 2008
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This process he repeats with an incessant simplicity of renewed commencements, which is almost like the blind acting of instinct leading the insect, which is conscious of its coming change, to spin afresh and afresh its ever-broken cocoon.
Famous Reviews R. Brimley Johnson 1899
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He was once president of Harvard University; and there is a story that at one of the "commencements" or commemorations of that institution a wicked undergraduate who had recently been expelled contrived to ensconce himself in the musicians 'gallery, which was directly over the dais, and amused himself during the delivery of the inaugural oration by sprinkling flour on the presidential head.
Echoes of the Week 1865
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"commencements," and other prosperous and happy public entertainments,
Etiquette Agnes H. Morton
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As a college teacher, I have been going to commencements ever since I got my own Ph.D.
Nicolaus Mills: Parents, Grads, and the End of the Commencement Season Nicolaus Mills 2011
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"It feels a bit thinner which actually would be good for spring commencements because it's going to be hot outside," said Abbie Tumbleson, a senior at Franklin Pierce University in New Hampshire.
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In either case, the question of "who is honored at commencements?" is no neutral consideration.
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It could be heard on selective occasions such as convocations, dedications, and commencements.
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When did college commencements become debate forums?
Elizabeth Lev: "Why My Mother Turned down Notre Dame's Laetare Medal" 2009
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As a college teacher, I have been going to commencements ever since I got my own Ph.D.
Nicolaus Mills: Parents, Grads, and the End of the Commencement Season Nicolaus Mills 2011
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