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Recent Examples of collegian
As a collegian, he was named MVP of the 2004 World Junior Hockey Championship, helping the Americans to their first gold medal.
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Jess Myers, Twin Cities, 3 Sep. 2025
In addition to his skills and physical attributes, Washe was praised widely for his leadership and exemplary conduct as a collegian.
—Andrew Knoll, Oc Register, 4 Aug. 2025
For years, even after her surprise victory back in 2022 as a collegian, she’s been a vital piece of the U.S. sprint corps, racking up an Olympic win in the 4x100 and two more golds in the 4x100 at previous World Championships.
—Cory Mull, Forbes.com, 2 Aug. 2025
The current generation of college stars is more ready for the pros than previous groups; a great four-year collegian might be able to produce as well as an established veteran.
—Sabreena Merchant, New York Times, 7 July 2025
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Jess Myers, Twin Cities, 3 Sep. 2025
In addition to his skills and physical attributes, Washe was praised widely for his leadership and exemplary conduct as a collegian.
—Andrew Knoll, Oc Register, 4 Aug. 2025
For years, even after her surprise victory back in 2022 as a collegian, she’s been a vital piece of the U.S. sprint corps, racking up an Olympic win in the 4x100 and two more golds in the 4x100 at previous World Championships.
—Cory Mull, Forbes.com, 2 Aug. 2025
The current generation of college stars is more ready for the pros than previous groups; a great four-year collegian might be able to produce as well as an established veteran.
—Sabreena Merchant, New York Times, 7 July 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for collegian
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Many young Americans are opting for alternatives like community colleges, where new undergraduate registrations eclipsed those at four-year colleges last fall.—
Tristan Bove,
Fortune,
4 Feb. 2026
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Of the current Emory undergraduates who are residents of the state, 95% of them were using HOPE or Zell Miller to help pay for school.—
Irene Wright,
USA Today,
4 Feb. 2026
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Three months ago, GE Vernova struck a $50 million partnership with MIT, covering research funding, graduate student fellowships, internships, and professional development programs for its own executives.—
Andrew Edgecliffe-Johnson,
semafor.com,
6 Feb. 2026
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The lawsuit claims that footage from the bus showed Robinson never forced the students to take a candy bag and that some parents thanked her.—
DeJanay Booth-Singleton,
CBS News,
5 Feb. 2026
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If the paths for getting there—which may include postgraduate study in a doctoral program or professional school—are diminishing, then college itself will follow suit.—
Ian Bogost,
The Atlantic,
29 Jan. 2026
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Give me the grizzled wisdom and experience of someone in their 50s or 60s; give me Esther Perel and Orna Guralnik; give me someone with a postgraduate certificate in relationship counseling at the very least.—
Zing Tsjeng,
Vogue,
26 Dec. 2025
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The new Ackerman program at UT will house the Rosenthal-Levy scholars program, which is also available to University of Florida students enrolled at their institution’s Hamilton School.—
Lily Kepner,
Austin American Statesman,
4 Feb. 2026
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Trump has shifted Washington’s approach to Beijing away from a great-power struggle and toward a more transactional relationship centered around trade and tech competition, a Brookings scholar wrote.—
Alexander Onukwue,
semafor.com,
4 Feb. 2026
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As far back as December, a reader emailed me in disbelief at the hundreds of people who packed into an ICE observation training at a church in Uptown — trainings that are now common.—
Eric Roper,
Mercury News,
31 Jan. 2026
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For 2026, readers will register for panels just once for either the Classroom space or the Pfab Lab.—
Meg Miller,
Austin American Statesman,
31 Jan. 2026
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Medics rushed Maliek to New York-Presbyterian Hospital Weill Cornell where he was treated for a blown right pupil, fractured pelvis, lacerations to his liver and damage to the brain, court documents state.—
Nicholas Williams,
New York Daily News,
4 Feb. 2026
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Carbachol makes your pupils smaller, which helps sharpen near vision, while brimonidine keeps those pupils small for longer, making the eyedrops more effective before another dose is required.—
New Atlas,
New Atlas,
3 Feb. 2026
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“Collegian.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/collegian. Accessed 8 Feb. 2026.
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