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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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Possessing the game intelligence of an upperclassman, the freshman is an important part of the Wranglers' offense.—
Colby Gordon,
Austin American Statesman,
18 Mar. 2026
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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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Star freshman point guard Kingston Flemings, who expected to be an NBA lottery pick, had 11 points on 4-of-10 shooting and Milos Uzan made just 2 of 11 shots.—
CBS News,
CBS News,
27 Mar. 2026
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While Welniak made her varsity debut as a freshman, she has been be tasked with even more responsibility this spring.—
Jeff Vorva,
Chicago Tribune,
26 Mar. 2026
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On the threshold of their first season together as Huskies – Fudd as a sophomore, Karaban a redshirt freshman – the pair combined to hit 18 of 24 shots, securing a win for the white team.—
Emily Adams,
Hartford Courant,
27 Mar. 2026
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Those two are joined in the running back room by freshman Keilan Chavies and redshirt sophomore transfers Juelz Goff (Pittsburgh) and Harry Stewart III (Kansas).—
Shaun Goodwin,
Idaho Statesman,
27 Mar. 2026
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Her older brother, Aiden, is a junior on South Elgin’s junior varsity baseball team.—
Rick Armstrong,
Chicago Tribune,
1 Apr. 2026
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All four of Munoz’s children attended Park Hill schools, including her youngest son who is a junior at Park Hill South High School.—
Jenna Ebbers,
Kansas City Star,
31 Mar. 2026
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For instance, Wharton has now offers an entire AI major at both the undergrad and MBA level, in addition to its Business Analytics major, which is a decade old.—
Nick Lichtenberg,
Fortune,
29 Mar. 2026
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Yilun studied political science as an undergrad at the University of California, Berkeley and as a grad student at Columbia University.—
Yilun Cheng,
Houston Chronicle,
19 Mar. 2026
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“Underclassman.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/underclassman. Accessed 2 Apr. 2026.
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