as in scholastic
of or relating to a college or its students
collegiate athletics
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Recent Examples of collegiate
As a third-round pick out of UCLA, the 6-foot-4, 245-pound tight end built on a productive collegiate career and strong Senior Bowl performance by making an immediate impact as a rookie with the Denver Broncos.
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Tyler Carmona
june 10, Miami Herald, 10 June 2026
More recently, distance runner Parker Valby recently rewrote the collegiate record books, while van Daalen continues to push the boundaries in the discus.
—Edgar Thompson, The Orlando Sentinel, 10 June 2026
So could the Jayhawks’ top starting pitcher, Dominic Voegele, and starting leftfielder, Brady Ballinger, who, like LeBlanc, both have a year of collegiate eligibility remaining.
—Gary Bedore, Kansas City Star, 10 June 2026
Although there are important legal caveats, Monday’s ruling for Sorsby could incentivize other college athletes who the NCAA seeks to punish for gambling to borrow Sorsby’s playbook and sue the collegiate governing body.
—Michael McCann, Sportico.com, 9 June 2026
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Tyler Carmona
june 10, Miami Herald, 10 June 2026
More recently, distance runner Parker Valby recently rewrote the collegiate record books, while van Daalen continues to push the boundaries in the discus.
—Edgar Thompson, The Orlando Sentinel, 10 June 2026
So could the Jayhawks’ top starting pitcher, Dominic Voegele, and starting leftfielder, Brady Ballinger, who, like LeBlanc, both have a year of collegiate eligibility remaining.
—Gary Bedore, Kansas City Star, 10 June 2026
Although there are important legal caveats, Monday’s ruling for Sorsby could incentivize other college athletes who the NCAA seeks to punish for gambling to borrow Sorsby’s playbook and sue the collegiate governing body.
—Michael McCann, Sportico.com, 9 June 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for collegiate
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Her work — rooted in teaching, scholastic research and mentoring — is continually focused on advancing social, racial and economic equity in secondary education classrooms.—
Larry D. Urish,
Oc Register,
3 June 2026
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When not identified early, this can potentially derail a student’s scholastic trajectory from the very first days of school.—
Sherri Helvie,
New York Daily News,
19 Apr. 2026
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Amari also rounded up Juneteenth events across the Charlotte region for 2026, packed with festivals, parades, vendors and educational programming.—
Charlotte Observer,
Charlotte Observer,
15 June 2026
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For decades, the US offered African governments a package combining aid, security cooperation, educational exchanges, and diplomatic engagement.—
Yinka Adegoke,
semafor.com,
15 June 2026
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Newton reportedly stole a computer, and there were allegations of academic misconduct.—
Mac Engel
June 15,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
15 June 2026
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That letter has now been signed by about 100 cybersecurity professionals from companies including Nvidia, Adobe, Zoom, Google, Anaplan, and Sophos, as well as some academic cybersecurity researchers.—
Jeremy Kahn,
Fortune,
15 June 2026
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Her collections, primarily for women but with a recent addition of menswear, are sophisticated, otherworldly and intellectual.—
Thomas Waller,
Footwear News,
10 Dec. 2025
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Social media does create a powerful consensus—on the internet, everything tends to grow quickly toward one source of light— and an argument can be made that a slower, more fractured network of in-person, localized arguments might ultimately offer up more intellectual variety.—
Jay Caspian Kang,
New Yorker,
9 Dec. 2025
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“Collegiate.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/collegiate. Accessed 17 Jun. 2026.
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