junior college
noun
: an educational institution that offers two years of studies corresponding to those in the first two years of a four-year college and that often offers technical, vocational, and liberal studies to the adults of a community
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Misiorowski, a product of Crowder College, a junior college in Neosho, Missouri, threw forty-three pitches at a hundred miles per hour or faster during his recent outing against the Nationals.
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Louisa Thomas, New Yorker, 17 May 2026
His first time playing organized football was in 2021 for East Los Angeles College, a junior college in California.
—Garrett Behanna, CBS News, 16 May 2026
Previous director of high school and junior college relations Brice Vignery was moving on to a coaching role.
—Pj Green, Kansas City Star, 8 May 2026
In 2011, coach Steve Fisher and his San Diego State staff recruited a 6-foot-8 forward who had been cut from his high school team and resurrected his career at a junior college in Santa Monica.
—Mark Zeigler, San Diego Union-Tribune, 4 May 2026
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Louisa Thomas, New Yorker, 17 May 2026
His first time playing organized football was in 2021 for East Los Angeles College, a junior college in California.
—Garrett Behanna, CBS News, 16 May 2026
Previous director of high school and junior college relations Brice Vignery was moving on to a coaching role.
—Pj Green, Kansas City Star, 8 May 2026
In 2011, coach Steve Fisher and his San Diego State staff recruited a 6-foot-8 forward who had been cut from his high school team and resurrected his career at a junior college in Santa Monica.
—Mark Zeigler, San Diego Union-Tribune, 4 May 2026
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“Junior college.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/junior%20college. Accessed 21 May. 2026.
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