intramural
adjective
in·tra·mu·ral
ˌin-trə-ˈmyu̇r-əl 
-(ˌ)trä-
1
a
: competed only within the student body
intramural sports
b
: being or occurring within the limits usually of a community, organization, or institution
intramural squabbles
2
: situated or occurring within the substance of the walls of an organ
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With its Latin prefix intra-, "within" (not to be confused with inter-, "between"), intramural means literally "within the walls". The word is usually used for sports played between teams made up only from students at one campus. Intramural athletics is often the most popular extracurricular activity at a college or university.
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Popovich, then in his late 30s, soaked up knowledge from Brown, competed in intramural basketball and offered life-changing advice to a graduate assistant named Bill Bayno.
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Rustin Dodd, New York Times, 3 May 2025
And with speculation about who might take the 80-year-old’s job upon his departure from SNL an intramural sport among the entertainment media — often fueled by Michaels himself — Fey’s name has long been in the mix.
—Mikey O'Connell, HollywoodReporter, 16 Apr. 2025
So often, in intramural squabbles, people have their favorites.
—John Baldoni, Forbes.com, 12 Apr. 2025
But an immediate, blanket ban on travel is unusual, says one longtime researcher in NIH’s intramural program.
—Bymeredith Wadman, science.org, 22 Jan. 2025
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Rustin Dodd, New York Times, 3 May 2025
And with speculation about who might take the 80-year-old’s job upon his departure from SNL an intramural sport among the entertainment media — often fueled by Michaels himself — Fey’s name has long been in the mix.
—Mikey O'Connell, HollywoodReporter, 16 Apr. 2025
So often, in intramural squabbles, people have their favorites.
—John Baldoni, Forbes.com, 12 Apr. 2025
But an immediate, blanket ban on travel is unusual, says one longtime researcher in NIH’s intramural program.
—Bymeredith Wadman, science.org, 22 Jan. 2025
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“Intramural.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/intramural. Accessed 10 May. 2025.
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intramural
adjective
in·tra·mu·ral
ˌin-trə-ˈmyu̇r-əl
ˌin-(ˌ)trä-
: being, occurring, or undertaken within the limits usually of a school
intramural sports
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intramural
adjective
in·tra·mu·ral
-ˈmyu̇r-əl
: situated or occurring within the substance of the walls of an organ
intramural infarction
failure of or delay in intramural myocardial conduction—American Journal of Cardiology
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