graduation exercises

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graduation
noun[C or U]
uk
/ˌɡrædʒ.uˈeɪ.ʃən/us
/ˌɡrædʒ.uˈeɪ.ʃən/
the fact of finishing a degree or other course of study at a university or school, or the ceremony at which you are officially said to ...
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exercise
noun
uk
/ˈek.sə.saɪz/us
/ˈek.sɚ.saɪz/
physical activity that you do to make your body strong ...
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(Definition ofgraduationandexercisefrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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Made later as a purely secondary trade school, it had its firstgraduationexercisein 1932.
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The school held its first graduation exercises in 1971, with 47 senior students, 4 years after the school opens its doors.
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Graduation exercises became more formal with the change of status to senior college.
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In 1846, the first graduation exercises were held.
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It held its first graduation exercises in 1957, four years after its official opening.
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There have been over 1,000 men who have graduated in the annual graduation exercises.
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The auditorium was built on the site of the old church and was used for the graduation exercises for the class of 1951.
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One of the oldest is the baccalaureate ceremony, which is held in conjunction with the graduation exercises.
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The first graduation exercises took place in 1936 with only 10 pioneer graduates.
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It was returned during 1988's graduation exercises by people in masks.
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The school's doors opened in 1982 and degrees were conferred on a dozen students during the school's first graduation exercises in 1984.
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At the time, students were only permitted passage through the doorway upon their first arrival at the school and during graduation exercises.
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The addresses, which were multi-day graduation exercises, brought politicians, lawyers, physicians, and others to campus.
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Baccalaureate services are held in a local church, with graduation exercises on the terrace of the campus.
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An academic procession forms a usual part of college and university graduation exercises.
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