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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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What: 60 of the nation’s best high school upperclassmen playing a nine-inning, East vs. West All-Star Game When: 5 p.m. Sunday Where: Petco Park Admission: Free Watch online: PerfectGame.TV Notes: The rosters feature players from 20 states and Puerto Rico.—
John Maffei,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
16 Aug. 2025
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The cross-pollination innovation Perhaps Clunie’s most innovative creation is the Cats Care Mentorship Program, which pairs every incoming freshman athlete with an upperclassman from a different sport.—
Colin Cerniglia,
Charlotte Observer,
5 Aug. 2025
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The 1994 freshman class had 87 members — 73 Republicans against 14 Democrats.—
David Mark,
The Washington Examiner,
12 Sep. 2025
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The two met in freshman year in the dorms and quickly became inseparable.—
Lydia Patrick,
MSNBC Newsweek,
12 Sep. 2025
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The sophomore went 5 of 10 for 149 yards on passes that traveled beyond 20 yards against Texas A&M.—
Pete Sampson,
New York Times,
15 Sep. 2025
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Their offense was hanging around the neighborhood dressed like Princeton sophomores.—
Lauren Collins,
New Yorker,
15 Sep. 2025
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The junior led Monte Vista to a 5-0 record and a win at the Bishop O’Dowd Invitational with 68 kills, 17 aces, 12 blocks and 34 digs.—
Christian Babcock,
Mercury News,
11 Sep. 2025
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Lance Suaste, a junior at the university, was walking past the nearby Mountain Run apartments, having just been dropped off after spending the day at a friend’s house.—
N'dea Yancey-Bragg,
USA Today,
11 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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And not just filled, but with enough resources to offer staff raises and keep tuition flat for in-state undergrads.—
Joanna Allhands,
AZCentral.com,
29 Aug. 2025
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“Underclassman.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/underclassman. Accessed 18 Sep. 2025.
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