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Recent Examples of collegian
As a collegian at San Jose State, Wright, who ran track with the Spartans, was once clocked at 9.6 seconds in the 100-meter dash.
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Sean Keeler, The Denver Post, 30 July 2024
Next week, a selection of a player other than a 2023-24 collegian stands well within the realm of possibilities for the team’s front office.
—Ira Winderman, Sun Sentinel, 21 June 2024
Collins joined Darren McFadden and Herschel Walker as the only SEC running backs to compile 1,000-yard rushing seasons in their first three years as collegians.
—Tom Murphy, arkansasonline.com, 19 June 2024
Cherry Creek also produced approximately 450 collegians under Johnson as well as 53 draft picks, including seven first-rounders.
—Kyle Newman, The Denver Post, 16 June 2024
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Sean Keeler, The Denver Post, 30 July 2024
Next week, a selection of a player other than a 2023-24 collegian stands well within the realm of possibilities for the team’s front office.
—Ira Winderman, Sun Sentinel, 21 June 2024
Collins joined Darren McFadden and Herschel Walker as the only SEC running backs to compile 1,000-yard rushing seasons in their first three years as collegians.
—Tom Murphy, arkansasonline.com, 19 June 2024
Cherry Creek also produced approximately 450 collegians under Johnson as well as 53 draft picks, including seven first-rounders.
—Kyle Newman, The Denver Post, 16 June 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for collegian
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Dickson said within the two years the school will be producing 250 undergraduates per year in UConn’s four-year traditional program.—
Sean Krofssik,
Hartford Courant,
24 Feb. 2025
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As an undergraduate at Princeton in the early 2000s, Venable found the subject fascinating.—
Cody Stavenhagen,
The Athletic,
20 Feb. 2025
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Besides Oklahoma, rules or bills have been introduced in the legislatures of at least four other states that seek to restrict undocumented children from attending public school for free or require proof of students’ or their parents’ citizenship.—
Gabe Gutierrez,
NBC News,
28 Feb. 2025
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Barnard declined to discuss the status of the students involved, citing federal law and privacy concerns.—
Emma Tucker,
CNN,
27 Feb. 2025
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Additional public universities were developed after 1947, notably the prestigious Quaid-i-Azam University, founded in 1967 to offer postgraduate programs, and the Allam Igbal Open University, Pakistan’s largest university with over 1 million students, founded in 1974.—
Bryan Penprase,
Forbes,
18 Feb. 2025
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The bulk of the funds went to the Lee Kuan Yew School of Public Policy, a postgraduate institution that is part of the National University of Singapore.—
Kevin Lim,
CNBC,
7 Feb. 2025
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The cartoonists Joe Sacco and Chris Ware pop up, as do the comics scholar Hillary Chute and J. Hoberman, who’s a longtime friend and a Times contributor.—
Manohla Dargis,
New York Times,
20 Feb. 2025
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Collaborators on the project include scholars Saidiya Hartman and Christina Sharpe, who are credited on the screenplay.—
Zac Ntim,
Deadline,
20 Feb. 2025
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The readers of your blog posts won’t make the trip.—
Olga Khazan,
The Atlantic,
18 Feb. 2025
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Of the deals proposed by our readers, the Quinn one is more appealing to me.—
Matthew Fairburn,
The Athletic,
18 Feb. 2025
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Idaho has long ranked last or near last among states in education spending per pupil.—
Becca Savransky,
ProPublica,
11 Feb. 2025
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Its eye embroidery referenced a symptom of the mysterious elixir Moore’s character takes in the film, which causes her pupils to multiply.—
Hannah Malach,
WWD,
9 Feb. 2025
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“Collegian.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/collegian. Accessed 3 Mar. 2025.
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