postgraduation

English

Etymology

From post- +‎ graduation.

Noun

postgraduation (uncountable)

1. (followed by noun) After graduation; the time after graduation.
   • 2008 March 18, Deborah L. Jacobs, “Protecting Children From Their Money”, in New York Times‎^[1]:

     Often the goal is to create a nest egg to cover college or postgraduation expenses, like the down payment on a house, seed money for a start-up company or a subsidy for a low-paying first job.

   • 2008 June 15, Joyce Cohen, “Satisfying a Suburban Mind-Set”, in New York Times‎^[2]:

     He canceled his postgraduation plan to teach English in Japan to remain near her.

   • 2008 June 29, “What Do Graduates Owe the World?”, in New York Times‎^[3]:

     As a recent Harvard graduate about to start a job at a top consulting firm in Boston, I have to say that the notion that one’s career is determined by one’s immediate postgraduation employment is ridiculous.

   • 2007 April 22, Karen Olsson, “I Pledge Allegiance”, in New York Times‎^[4]:

     Starting with his job interview at Underwood Samson, a small firm that appraises businesses around the world, and a postgraduation trip to Greece with friends from Princeton, Changez maintains an outsider’s double perspective.