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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Namdi was an undersized defensive back who had to go the junior college route to get his opportunity.
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Steven Johnson, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 9 Oct. 2025
Wilcke, who started his career at Southern Mississippi in Conference USA before playing two seasons of junior college ball Northwest Mississippi, provided an immediate spark for Charlotte’s offense when inserted into the lineup.
—Hunter Bailey, Charlotte Observer, 7 Oct. 2025
That potentially plum slot will go to Stumble, a single-camera mockumentary set in the junior college cheer squad universe.
—Josef Adalian, Vulture, 18 Sep. 2025
But this is not your average junior college program.
—Bill Center, San Diego Union-Tribune, 16 Sep. 2025
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Steven Johnson, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 9 Oct. 2025
Wilcke, who started his career at Southern Mississippi in Conference USA before playing two seasons of junior college ball Northwest Mississippi, provided an immediate spark for Charlotte’s offense when inserted into the lineup.
—Hunter Bailey, Charlotte Observer, 7 Oct. 2025
That potentially plum slot will go to Stumble, a single-camera mockumentary set in the junior college cheer squad universe.
—Josef Adalian, Vulture, 18 Sep. 2025
But this is not your average junior college program.
—Bill Center, San Diego Union-Tribune, 16 Sep. 2025
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“Junior college.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/junior%20college. Accessed 11 Oct. 2025.
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