collegiate

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Recent Examples of collegiate In addition to its central raucous romance, Student Union is also sure to bring collegiate charm, the author tells PEOPLE. Carly Tagen-Dye, PEOPLE, 28 Oct. 2025 At the time, collegiate programs only had three full-time coaches. Justice Delos Santos, Mercury News, 28 Oct. 2025 Hull joined the Fever in 2022 after a standout collegiate career at Stanford. Ryan Gaydos, FOXNews.com, 27 Oct. 2025 The 2007 Heisman Trophy-winning quarterback finished his collegiate career with 9,285 passing yards, 88 passing touchdowns, 2,947 rushing yards and 57 rushing touchdowns. Matt Audilet, MSNBC Newsweek, 25 Oct. 2025 See All Example Sentences for collegiate
Recent Examples of Synonyms for collegiate
Adjective
  • Morris played both baseball and football in high school, and was a scholastic All-State quarterback who reportedly turned down 20 collegiate offers to sign with the Phillies for $25,000 in 1960.
    Jon Paul Hoornstra, MSNBC Newsweek, 20 Oct. 2025
  • For true scholastic style, pair it with penny loafers or Mary Janes.
    Francesca Krempa, Travel + Leisure, 19 Oct. 2025
Adjective
  • Widespread expectations that women will prioritize housework and childcare also diminish young women's educational prospects, motivating them to leave rural areas.
    Anthony Kuhn, NPR, 3 Nov. 2025
  • The information provided in this article is for general informational and educational purposes only.
    Matthew Kayser, USA Today, 3 Nov. 2025
Adjective
  • More than 1,300 academic papers and dozens of books have been published on the topic.
    David Merritt Johns, The Atlantic, 2 Nov. 2025
  • An Ivy League student accused of making up an entire life story to gain admission was expelled earlier this semester, prompting fresh concerns over academic fraud and gaps in university vetting that experts say could also expose elite institutions to foreign influence and espionage risks.
    Michael Ruiz, FOXNews.com, 2 Nov. 2025
Adjective
  • The petulant, back-stabby intrigue between various parties here sometimes makes the hero rather unsympathetic, with photogenic singer-actor Pena Hernandez’s puppyish turn not conveying a great deal of complexity, let alone artistic o intellectual potential.
    Dennis Harvey, Variety, 31 Oct. 2025
  • His portrayal of a pompous, yapping intellectual who's rotten to the core rings uncomfortably true, as do the performances of Thatcher and East as their characters nonverbally communicate their discomfort to each other.
    Dennis Perkins, Entertainment Weekly, 31 Oct. 2025

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