junior college
noun
: an educational institution that offers two years of studies corresponding to those in the first two years of a four-year college and that often offers technical, vocational, and liberal studies to the adults of a community
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She was hired at the nursing home, which had recently opened near her parents’ place, shortly after graduating from a junior college in northeastern Hokkaido.
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Literary Hub, 10 Sep. 2025
The Astros drafted you in the 16th round out of a junior college.
—Annie Heilbrunn, San Diego Union-Tribune, 5 Sep. 2025
It’s called the JC route, or JuCo, or just plain junior college or community college.
—Joe Davidson, Sacbee.com, 28 Aug. 2025
The 6-7, 319-pound Pole was a basketball player before only beginning to play football in junior college.
—Jesse Newell, New York Times, 27 Aug. 2025
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Literary Hub, 10 Sep. 2025
The Astros drafted you in the 16th round out of a junior college.
—Annie Heilbrunn, San Diego Union-Tribune, 5 Sep. 2025
It’s called the JC route, or JuCo, or just plain junior college or community college.
—Joe Davidson, Sacbee.com, 28 Aug. 2025
The 6-7, 319-pound Pole was a basketball player before only beginning to play football in junior college.
—Jesse Newell, New York Times, 27 Aug. 2025
See All Example Sentences for junior college
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“Junior college.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/junior%20college. Accessed 18 Sep. 2025.
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