as in to enrol
to add (a person) to a list or roll as a participant or member
the college matriculated 1000 students for the fall semester
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Rather, Yale Law School seems to accept and matriculate a pretty diverse array of thinkers.
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Greg Rosalsky, NPR, 24 Sep. 2024
Put simply, that means that there are more than three times as many foreigners studying at U.S. colleges and universities as there are Americans studying abroad altogether, and about the same number of Chinese students matriculate in the United States as do Americans anywhere in the world.
—Sanford J. Ungar, Foreign Affairs, 16 Feb. 2016
After finishing her bachelor’s degree in Peru, Tello-Trillo set her sights higher, matriculating to Yale University to earn her Ph.D. in economics.
—Kamaron McNair,valentina Duarte, CNBC, 12 Sep. 2024
Some students are still waiting to get award letters and have not matriculated.
—Ira Porter, The Christian Science Monitor, 5 Sep. 2024
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Greg Rosalsky, NPR, 24 Sep. 2024
Put simply, that means that there are more than three times as many foreigners studying at U.S. colleges and universities as there are Americans studying abroad altogether, and about the same number of Chinese students matriculate in the United States as do Americans anywhere in the world.
—Sanford J. Ungar, Foreign Affairs, 16 Feb. 2016
After finishing her bachelor’s degree in Peru, Tello-Trillo set her sights higher, matriculating to Yale University to earn her Ph.D. in economics.
—Kamaron McNair,valentina Duarte, CNBC, 12 Sep. 2024
Some students are still waiting to get award letters and have not matriculated.
—Ira Porter, The Christian Science Monitor, 5 Sep. 2024
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“Matriculate.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/matriculate. Accessed 30 Nov. 2024.
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