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NYT Daily • August 30, 2025

’22 or ’23

Answer:

ALUM

Hint:

Not available

Explanation:

The clue "’22 or ’23" hints at someone who graduated in either 2022 or 2023, which is where "alum" comes in—short for alumnus or alumna, meaning a former student. The apostrophes before the years suggest a casual, abbreviated way of referring to graduation classes, like how people say "class of ’22." It’s a clever shorthand that plays on how schools track graduates by year.

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