underclassman

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Recent Examples of underclassman Maybe more, with the deadline for underclassmen to declare for the draft still days away, and a new transfer portal opening in three months. Chase Goodbread, The Tennessean, 20 Dec. 2024 Still, head coach Hugh Coleman said a group of underclassmen transfers as well as some rising upperclassmen have picked up the slack and kept the positive momentum going. Jack Murray, Boston Herald, 19 Dec. 2024 One of the underclassmen, his sophomore quarterback, put the game away. Benjamin Royer, Los Angeles Times, 30 Nov. 2024 Nine of Winter Park’s top 10 players are underclassmen. Buddy Collings, Orlando Sentinel, 9 Nov. 2024 See all Example Sentences for underclassman 
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Noun
  • At one point during the slide Friday, a group of upperclassmen Gophers huddled up on the court before foul shots as if to come up with something to help stop the bleeding.
    Andy Greder, Twin Cities, 10 Jan. 2025
  • Still, head coach Hugh Coleman said a group of underclassmen transfers as well as some rising upperclassmen have picked up the slack and kept the positive momentum going.
    Jack Murray, Boston Herald, 19 Dec. 2024
Noun
  • Other freshman senators were sworn in on Jan. 3, the first day of the new Congress, but Justice stayed behind in West Virginia to simplify the transition of power to his successor, Gov. Patrick Morrisey (R-WV).
    David Sivak, Washington Examiner - Political News and Conservative Analysis About Congress, the President, and the Federal Government, 14 Jan. 2025
  • His personal-best 27 points (18 in the second half) were the most by a Maryland freshman since Justin Jackson’s 28 against the Golden Gophers on Jan. 28, 2017.
    Edward Lee, Baltimore Sun, 14 Jan. 2025
Noun
  • Around the same time, sophomore beach volleyball player Nora Hayd went viral as the goth volleyball player, earning thousands of social media followers in a matter of days.
    Shaun Goodwin, Idaho Statesman, 14 Jan. 2025
  • Outlook: The Gators are expected to return James, McCray and sophomore T.J. Searcy and Gumbs as potential edge rushers.
    Edgar Thompson, Orlando Sentinel, 14 Jan. 2025
Noun
  • After breaking La Jolla’s career scoring record last season as a junior with more than 1,100 points, Bennett has added 370 points this season and is leading CIF San Diego Section Division III in scoring and field goals made.
    Ben Ali H Brown, San Diego Union-Tribune, 13 Jan. 2025
  • Azzi Fudd had one of the best 3-point shooting games of her UConn women’s basketball career in a 73-55 win at Georgetown on Saturday, but the redshirt junior wasn’t most proud of her 21 points or her 5-for-8 percentage from beyond the arc.
    Emily Adams, Hartford Courant, 12 Jan. 2025
Noun
  • Advertisement Right now, annual tuition for an undergrad at a University of California campus is $14,934 — with total school costs running around $45,000, according to UC.
    George Skelton, Los Angeles Times, 24 Dec. 2024
  • Harris, 60, the daughter of a South Indian mother, an acclaimed breast cancer researcher, and a Black father, a renowned economist, was born in Oakland, attended Howard University for undergrad and received her law degree from the University of California Hastings.
    Sara Dorn, Forbes, 6 Nov. 2024

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“Underclassman.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/underclassman. Accessed 22 Jan. 2025.

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