alumnae
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| —n , pl -nae | |
| chiefly (US), (Canadian) a female graduate of a school, college, etc | |
| [C19: feminine of | |
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Alumnae
is always a great word to know.
So is interrobang. Does it mean:
| a gadget; dingus; thingumbob. |
| a printed punctuation mark (‽), available only in some typefaces, designed to combine the question mark (?) and the exclamation point (!), indicating a mixture of query and interjection, as after a rhetorical question. |
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Example sentences
Seventh, shoot down the similar scenario concerning alumni and alumnae contributions-that they will fall off.
Its list of alumnae includes doctors, lawyers and politicians-and their daughters.
These goals are achieved through active and meaningful engagement and partnerships among students, faculty, staff and alumnae.
The bottom line is that legacy preferences are a major wedge for privates use to tap into the pockets of their wealthy alumnae.
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