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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Arturo Holmes / Getty Images Before Michigan, Lendeborg spent two seasons at the University of Alabama at Birmingham and another at Arizona Western in junior college.
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Tom Ignudo,
CBS News,
23 June 2026
Bell spent two years at Miami after transferring from a Mississippi junior college.
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Adam Lichtenstein,
Sun Sentinel,
22 June 2026
Alex was headed to a junior college in Arizona before receiving a last-minute offer from Seattle University.
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Los Angeles Times,
19 June 2026
The Canadian had a unique path to the majors, playing junior college ball in Arizona before a season at Southern Illinois.
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Andy Martinez,
Chicago Tribune,
15 June 2026
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Tom Ignudo,
CBS News,
23 June 2026
Bell spent two years at Miami after transferring from a Mississippi junior college.
—
Adam Lichtenstein,
Sun Sentinel,
22 June 2026
Alex was headed to a junior college in Arizona before receiving a last-minute offer from Seattle University.
—
Los Angeles Times,
19 June 2026
The Canadian had a unique path to the majors, playing junior college ball in Arizona before a season at Southern Illinois.
—
Andy Martinez,
Chicago Tribune,
15 June 2026
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 28 Jun. 2026.
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