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Throughout the video, two older players take turns grabbing the underclassman’s head and forcing each of their groins into his face as at least two more players cheer.
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Jennah Pendleton, Sacbee.com, 9 Sep. 2025
Vlcek is the lone underclassman on a team that returns seven varsity players, including four starters.
—Paul Johnson, Chicago Tribune, 28 Aug. 2025
Her little brother, Pugsley (Isaac Ordonez), has matriculated as an awkward underclassman.
—Judy Berman, Time, 6 Aug. 2025
And yet, as an underclassman at Princeton in the late 1950s, Forney wasn't necessarily set on a career in engineering.
—IEEE Spectrum, 20 Apr. 2016
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Jennah Pendleton, Sacbee.com, 9 Sep. 2025
Vlcek is the lone underclassman on a team that returns seven varsity players, including four starters.
—Paul Johnson, Chicago Tribune, 28 Aug. 2025
Her little brother, Pugsley (Isaac Ordonez), has matriculated as an awkward underclassman.
—Judy Berman, Time, 6 Aug. 2025
And yet, as an underclassman at Princeton in the late 1950s, Forney wasn't necessarily set on a career in engineering.
—IEEE Spectrum, 20 Apr. 2016
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for underclassman
Noun
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Bigelow, who’s played 35 career games with 32 points, is the program’s only varsity player who isn’t an upperclassman.—
Tom Mulherin,
Boston Herald,
23 Jan. 2026
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The only upperclassman set to return in 2026 is redshirt junior Chris Marshall.—
Idaho Statesman,
Idaho Statesman,
19 Dec. 2025
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The former Washington Huskies star suffered ACL setbacks during his freshman year with the Indiana Hoosiers in 2018 and once again during the 2020 season.—
DJ Siddiqi,
Forbes.com,
29 Jan. 2026
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University of Miami basketball fans who stayed up for Wednesday’s late-night game against Stanford were treated to a thriller, as the Hurricanes wore down sensational freshman guard Ebuka Okorie and rallied late to beat the Cardinal 79-70 at the Watsco Center.—
Michelle Kaufman,
Miami Herald,
29 Jan. 2026
Noun
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The trend carried on into the second quarter, as sophomore Will Palmer drilled a three-pointer with five minutes to play in the half as the Skippers constructed a 30-20 lead.—
Brendan Connelly,
Boston Herald,
24 Jan. 2026
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But if director Michael Greene’s sophomore feature shortchanges the musical performances that should be its main selling point for a pedestrian crime-drama arc, this nonetheless emerges a painless diversion, one likely to become a guilty-pleasure favorite for fans of the acts showcased.—
Dennis Harvey,
Variety,
23 Jan. 2026
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Three juniors and two sophomores have been starting since junior guard Danijel Zekavica suffered a torn ACL at the beginning of the season.—
Michael Osipoff,
Chicago Tribune,
27 Jan. 2026
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Murphy was the Big 12's defensive lineman of the year in 2023, helping lead the Longhorns to the College Football Playoff for the first time as a junior.—
David Eckert,
Austin American Statesman,
27 Jan. 2026
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The author of this article was in just that position as the lone student in York's course in measuring the expansion of the universe as a UChicago undergrad back in the spring of 2000.—
Adam Harrington,
CBS News,
18 Jan. 2026
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Ross, of course, attended undergrad at Michigan which alter renamed its business school in his honor.—
Miami Herald,
Miami Herald,
10 Jan. 2026
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“Underclassman.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/underclassman. Accessed 31 Jan. 2026.
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