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People who graduated from a certain school.

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Usage examples (7)
  • I must say, since I'm trying to spark an honest and civil bipartisan discussion of this, I was honored to see on the front page of your newspaper today one of your most...
  • However, many foreign-derived nouns do not form the plural by simply adding on the suffix "- s" but they rather retain the plural form in their original language; for example,...
  • Most educated people are very strict on using the native Latin plural in words like alumni, lacunae and fora as opposed to alumnuses, lacunas and forums, but don’t seem...
  • Most educated people are very strict on using the native Latin plural in words like alumni, lacunae and fora (as opposed to alumnuses, lacunas and forums), but don’t...
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