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a person in the second year of high school or college
She's a sophomore in high school.
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Recent Examples of sophomore
Bett is a redshirt sophomore who transferred from Baylor.
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Ryan Gaydos, FOXNews.com, 7 Sep. 2025
The sophomore was held out of the Missouri State game due to an undisclosed injury.
—Haley Sawyer, Oc Register, 7 Sep. 2025
The Aztecs’ leading receiver was sophomore Jordan Napier (7 catches, 69 yards).
—Kirk Kenney, San Diego Union-Tribune, 7 Sep. 2025
The second half of the show’s sophomore season revealed that the woman Wednesday Addams (Jenna Ortega) escorted out of the basement of Willow Hill, where the LOIS experiments were taking place, is none other than Tyler’s mother, who was thought to be dead for 15 years.
—Dessi Gomez, Deadline, 7 Sep. 2025
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Ryan Gaydos, FOXNews.com, 7 Sep. 2025
The sophomore was held out of the Missouri State game due to an undisclosed injury.
—Haley Sawyer, Oc Register, 7 Sep. 2025
The Aztecs’ leading receiver was sophomore Jordan Napier (7 catches, 69 yards).
—Kirk Kenney, San Diego Union-Tribune, 7 Sep. 2025
The second half of the show’s sophomore season revealed that the woman Wednesday Addams (Jenna Ortega) escorted out of the basement of Willow Hill, where the LOIS experiments were taking place, is none other than Tyler’s mother, who was thought to be dead for 15 years.
—Dessi Gomez, Deadline, 7 Sep. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for sophomore
Noun
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Redshirt junior Colton Boomer and true freshman Canaan Moore ach missed a field goal — Boomer from 46 yards and Moore from 24.—
Shaun Goodwin,
Idaho Statesman,
6 Sep. 2025
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This was the case for me, as a freshman who was secretly stuck in a cycle of binge eating and restriction but whose outer appearance didn’t change.—
Mallary Tenore Tarpley,
Time,
5 Sep. 2025
Noun
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As a junior, Pritchard had 75 tackles, 11 tackles for loss and a fumble recovery as Seminole High School went 10-3.—
Ryan Gaydos,
FOXNews.com,
4 Sep. 2025
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Parker is currently a junior at Spelman College, a historically Black women's liberal arts college in Atlanta.—
Madison E. Goldberg,
People.com,
3 Sep. 2025
Noun
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For child care providers who offer pre-K programming, ESAs are an opportunity to help stabilize a sector that’s been competing with public schools for enrollment of these students.—
Lina Ruiz
September 8,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
8 Sep. 2025
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The students spent about three months gathering data, interviewing dozens of sources and writing and editing stories under the guidance of a former Star reporter now teaching at Notre Dame.—
IndyStar,
IndyStar,
8 Sep. 2025
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“Sophomore.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/sophomore. Accessed 10 Sep. 2025.
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