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Recent Examples of collegian
Franklin and Nix played two seasons together in Eugene (2022, 2023), during which the former caught 25 touchdowns over those two years as a collegian.
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Sean Keeler, Denver Post, 21 Mar. 2026
This caused a bit of a scramble for USA Hockey to fill a roster using collegians and minor leaguers playing in Europe and elsewhere.
—Jess Myers, Twin Cities, 11 Feb. 2026
Pierce, though, is the leader due to his experience as a sixth-year collegian.
—Walter Villa, Miami Herald, 20 Oct. 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
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Sean Keeler, Denver Post, 21 Mar. 2026
This caused a bit of a scramble for USA Hockey to fill a roster using collegians and minor leaguers playing in Europe and elsewhere.
—Jess Myers, Twin Cities, 11 Feb. 2026
Pierce, though, is the leader due to his experience as a sixth-year collegian.
—Walter Villa, Miami Herald, 20 Oct. 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
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for collegian
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Corrigan earned her undergraduate degree in English from Fordhamin 1977 before going on to complete master’s and doctoral degrees from the University of Pennsylvania.—
William Earl,
Variety,
29 Apr. 2026
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That wasn’t always true in my experience as an undergraduate, but Duke was, in every sense, a rich kids’ school.—
Elizabeth Spiers,
Vanity Fair,
29 Apr. 2026
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The Zion Phelps story is going to be told over and over at Loyola High to show students what can happen when someone discovers potential and decides to take a chance to bring it out.—
Eric Sondheimer,
Los Angeles Times,
1 May 2026
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In 2014, the neuroscientist Anat Arzi was a graduate student at the Weizmann Institute of Science.—
Shayla Love,
New Yorker,
1 May 2026
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Deang becomes the third transfer to commit to Boise State this spring, alongside postgraduate point guard Damari Wheeler-Thomas from North Dakota State and redshirt sophomore forward Jerquarius Stanback from Alabama State.—
Shaun Goodwin,
Idaho Statesman,
20 Apr. 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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Van Bendegem, who would become a leading scholar on ultrafinitist logic, later addressed these concerns by considering a geometry in which a line or curve has width and is both finite and finitely divisible.—
Quanta Magazine,
Quanta Magazine,
29 Apr. 2026
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Ted Kaptchuk, an acupuncturist and leading scholar of the placebo effect, has described this phenomenon in detail.—
Hannah Kerman,
STAT,
29 Apr. 2026
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Long-time Grasso’s Garage readers know Volvo reigns supreme in the luxury category, and this week, the proof is in the pudding.—
Marc D Grasso,
Hartford Courant,
2 May 2026
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The disparity between last year’s sales and this year’s was the subject of a Lefsetz Report newsletter that went out to music industry readers shortly before Malone made his announcement.—
Chris Willman,
Variety,
2 May 2026
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Meanwhile, enrollment is declining, offsetting the benefit of state increases in spending per pupil.—
Howard Blume,
Los Angeles Times,
30 Apr. 2026
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In voice-over, Aunt Lydia likens teaching her Gilead pupils — her Plums and her Handmaids before them — to preparing a steak.—
Amanda Whiting,
Vulture,
29 Apr. 2026
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“Collegian.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/collegian. Accessed 4 May. 2026.
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