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The 6-3 guard was the only underclassmen to be named to the All-SEC defensive team by the league’s coaches.
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Andy Theobald, Kansas City Star, 18 July 2025
Denver was a relatively young team, though underclassmen Zeev Buium, Jared Wright and Aiden Thompson signed NHL contracts and joined outgoing seniors Matty Davis, Jack Devine and Carter King as critical players who need to be replaced.
—Corey Masisak, Denver Post, 2 July 2025
Feehan also had a group of dynamic underclassmen enter the varsity ranks.
—Brendan Connelly, Boston Herald, 24 May 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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Andy Theobald, Kansas City Star, 18 July 2025
Denver was a relatively young team, though underclassmen Zeev Buium, Jared Wright and Aiden Thompson signed NHL contracts and joined outgoing seniors Matty Davis, Jack Devine and Carter King as critical players who need to be replaced.
—Corey Masisak, Denver Post, 2 July 2025
Feehan also had a group of dynamic underclassmen enter the varsity ranks.
—Brendan Connelly, Boston Herald, 24 May 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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Fuentes hopes to grow with the program as an upperclassman.—
Lauren Uppal,
Mercury News,
22 Sep. 2025
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Below are the other four nominations in the helpful upperclassmen category and what was said about each: Kaylee Herndon, Smyrna High School Kaylee is an office aide, peer tutor and student body president.—
Gabrielle Chenault,
Nashville Tennessean,
12 Sep. 2025
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In all, Reeves said Hill-Murray started two freshmen and four sophomores on offense Friday and six sophomores on the defensive side of the ball.—
Frank Rajkowski,
Twin Cities,
27 Sep. 2025
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Denielson Hernandez, a freshman majoring in automotive marketing from Pontiac, worked at the Infiniti exhibit, where a couple of vehicles were on display.—
Keenan Thompson,
USA Today,
26 Sep. 2025
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Through it all, even as Nix has been a mixed bag to start his sophomore year, a locker room well aware of their 25-year-old QB’s psyche has formed a verbal shield around their leader.—
Luca Evans,
Denver Post,
22 Sep. 2025
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Rory, a studious and introverted teen whose dream of attending Harvard began at age three, is a sophomore at the prestigious, fictional Chilton prep school.—
Diana Leyva,
Nashville Tennessean,
22 Sep. 2025
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Victoria, a junior at La Jolla High School and leader of the Environmental Action Club on campus, was joined by three of her LJHS peers.—
Noah Lyons,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
25 Sep. 2025
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In the first half of Baylor's 48-7 win at CPA, the five-star junior running back juked a defender and smoothly hurdled clean over another on his way to the end zone, but the hurdle — which isn't allowed in high school football — drew a penalty which negated the play.—
Jacob Shames,
Nashville Tennessean,
24 Sep. 2025
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The college says Pence will start in spring 2026, contributing to undergrad courses and teaching seminars.—
Ross O'Keefe,
The Washington Examiner,
17 Sep. 2025
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Depending on your own college experience, the 21,000-student undergrad population could also be considered on the smaller size (for comparison, the University of Alabama has nearly 33,000 undergrads).—
Lydia Mansel,
Southern Living,
30 Aug. 2025
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“Underclassman.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/underclassman. Accessed 30 Sep. 2025.
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