ADJECTIVE
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with honor; with academic distinction
a cum laude graduate
ADVERB
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with honor
he graduated cum laude
How To Use cum laude In A Sentence
- At Holy Cross College, Thomas graduated ninth in his class with an A.B. in English, cum laude in 1971. The Volokh Conspiracy » Jeffrey Toobin’s The Nine and Justice Thomas:
- Turns out she took a little time off to graduate cum laude from FRIGGIN' HARVARD (can you hear that...that's my self-esteem shriveling up and dying) and now she's back at it, appearing in a plethora (Harvard word) of TV and movie gigs. YesButNoButYes: YBNBY Hall of Fame: Babes of the 80's
- he graduated cum laude
- a magna cum laude graduate
- My husband, David, and I graduated cum laude from our Lamaze class. Chicken Soup for the Soul: New Moms
- A magna cum laude graduate of the University of New Hampshire, Amanda Nelson's first appearance in the public eye came when she discovered two 15th century antiphonals (chant books) in the archives of the university.
- Three examples lifted from last Sunday's Times: a director of marketing at a biotech company (Stanford undergrad, Harvard MBA) married a consultant to the aerospace industry (Stanford undergrad, Harvard MPP); a vice president at Goldman Sachs (Yale) married a director of retail development for a financial software firm (Hofstra); and a third-year resident in cardiology (Yale undergrad) married a third-year resident in pathology (Columbia undergrad, summa cum laude). The tea party warns of a New Elite. They're right.
- I transferred from Vassar to Harvard University and graduated Magna Cum Laude with a bachelor of arts degree in economics.
- he graduated summa cum laude
- Richard is on cloud nine because he's just graduated from Harvard with cum laude.