plural frosh

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Essentially, some frosh distributors have to build a slate so as to ultimately secure a pay-1 streaming deal. Anthony D'alessandro, Deadline, 22 Jan. 2026 Others are put on frosh-sophomore teams trying to develop chemistry with other freshmen. Eric Sondheimer, Los Angeles Times, 18 Jan. 2026 Wilkinson became just the sixth Cal freshman to score 30 points in a game, joining Amit Tamir, who set the program’s frosh record with 39 against Oregon in 2001-02, and Shareef Abdur-Rahim, who reached the 30-point milestone four times in 1995-96. Jeff Faraudo, The Mercury News, 28 Jan. 2025 The ranks of these inexperienced frosh have included 84 Lumber, which ran a spot in 2017 that played off the difficult lives of immigrants coming to the United States over its southern border. Brian Steinberg, Variety, 5 Feb. 2024 See All Example Sentences for frosh

Word History

Etymology

by shortening & alteration

First Known Use

circa 1915, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of frosh was circa 1915

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“Frosh.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/frosh. Accessed 29 Jan. 2026.

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