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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
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At the center are Lucy (Grace Van Patten), a college student drawn into an on-again, off-again relationship with Stephen (Jackson White), a charismatic upperclassman still entangled with Diana (Alicia Crowder).—
JP Mangalindan,
Time,
17 Feb. 2026
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Next to Flagg would be 7-foot-2 Khaman Maluach, an elite rim protector, and on the wing Scheyer had landed Kon Knueppel, a 6-7 wing who had the build and strength of an upperclassman.—
CJ Moore,
New York Times,
4 Feb. 2026
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The pained look on the freshman’s face and the hush of the Galen Center in those first few seconds was enough to transport at least some of the USC faithful in the crowd back to last March, when Trojan superstar JuJu Watkins injured her knee not far from the same spot.—
Ryan Kartje,
Los Angeles Times,
20 Feb. 2026
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But Stangel also praised Hale’s efforts defending Jillian Sanderson, Penn’s standout freshman guard.—
Michael Osipoff,
Chicago Tribune,
19 Feb. 2026
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Both started in the outfield for the sophomore team last year, and Danny Mikuta was promoted to the varsity team midway through the season.—
Matt Le Cren,
Chicago Tribune,
13 Feb. 2026
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The oldest among them are sophomores Doc and Murder In a Small Town, which both are expected to return next season.—
Nellie Andreeva,
Deadline,
12 Feb. 2026
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High school junior Maya Do spent the weeks leading up to today’s kickoff of Tet tucking crisp bills into red envelopes, picking ao dai dresses to wear with friends and preparing a speech to deliver to hundreds at her first protest.—
Victoria Le,
Oc Register,
17 Feb. 2026
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Brown started high school at Kenwood and spent his sophomore year at Marist before landing at Dyett as a junior.—
Steve Millar,
Chicago Tribune,
17 Feb. 2026
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David Baltrus, Vithanachchi’s undergrad adviser, is also searching for answers.—
Jonathan Wosen,
STAT,
11 Feb. 2026
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On paper, Warsh looks like a conventional choice — Stanford undergrad, Harvard Law, Morgan Stanley, the youngest person ever appointed to the Fed Board of Governors.—
Allison Morrow,
CNN Money,
3 Feb. 2026
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“Underclassman.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/underclassman. Accessed 20 Feb. 2026.
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