Examples of freshman in a Sentence
My daughter's a freshman at UCLA.
He was the best freshman in professional basketball this year.
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His early experience formed confidence and self-belief, reinforced by family in a way Donovan Leary remembers from carpools during their freshman year.
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Brooks Kubena, New York Times, 1 May 2025
The 6-foot-7 guard from Carmichael, Calif., played his freshman season at Stanford and averaged 7.8 points and 3.4 rebounds.
—Chicago Tribune, 29 Apr. 2025
The two began dating more than two decades ago, after meeting during their freshman year of college.
—Christopher Rudolph, People.com, 29 Apr. 2025
This, in turn, saves them from bombing out in freshman year at an ill-fitting school, then needing to start the process all over again.
—Cyndy Etler, Hartford Courant, 28 Apr. 2025
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Brooks Kubena, New York Times, 1 May 2025
The 6-foot-7 guard from Carmichael, Calif., played his freshman season at Stanford and averaged 7.8 points and 3.4 rebounds.
—Chicago Tribune, 29 Apr. 2025
The two began dating more than two decades ago, after meeting during their freshman year of college.
—Christopher Rudolph, People.com, 29 Apr. 2025
This, in turn, saves them from bombing out in freshman year at an ill-fitting school, then needing to start the process all over again.
—Cyndy Etler, Hartford Courant, 28 Apr. 2025
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“Freshman.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/freshman. Accessed 8 May. 2025.
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freshman
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fresh·man
ˈfresh-mən 
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