An academic exercise in which diplomas are conferred.
1 The New Yorker, June 11, 1932 P. 62 Mother's impressions while attending a commencement exercise for her young son, fourteen.
2 He attended the commencement exercises and spoke pleasantly at the class supper.
3 Commencement exercises this year were very interesting; more than ordinarily so.
4 Herman Beckman did not go to the commencement exercises that night.
5 Three thousand people were present at the Commencement exercises of LeMoyne Institute, Memphis.
6 The commencement exercises of the college began about June 1st and lasted a week.
7 This is the second time I have attended the commencement exercises of your school.
8 A girl, sending invitations to commencement exercises , encloses her card.
9 He was talking of the commencement exercises , and regretting that he could not be present.
10 The next thing was to get to school and play her own part in the Commencement exercises .
11 Rikki had commencement exercises soon, Hildie remembered.
12 "No; she and Miss Garrison will return immediately after the commencement exercises . "
13 She had been invited to go to the Bird Woman's to prepare for both the sermon and Commencement exercises .
14 Wednesday was the beginning of the commencement exercises and only a comparatively few students could make the trip to Place.
15 The following clipping, giving an account of the commencement exercises of a noted female college, strikingly illustrates what to avoid:
16 Graduating students arrive for Commencement Exercises at Boston College in Boston, Massachusetts May 20, 2013.
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