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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The hope is that Cotton, junior college transfer Rock Caldwell and Texas A&M transfer Don Saunders will help secure the secondary.
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Manny Navarro, The Athletic, 24 Mar. 2025
His father Sam pitched at Elmhurst, and his older brother Sammy pitched for the Redwings and at the junior college level.
—Matt Le Cren, Chicago Tribune, 19 Mar. 2025
Harry Weese’s Forest Park Community College in St. Louis consisted of long, monumental brick blocks that made the junior college appear as a temple.
—Michael Allen, The Conversation, 27 Feb. 2025
Vanderbilt football player Diego Pavia recently won a lawsuit against the NCAA that determined his seasons at the junior college level will not count toward his four years of eligibility, opening the possibility for more like Pavia to follow.
—Taylor Lyons, Baltimore Sun, 29 Jan. 2025
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Manny Navarro, The Athletic, 24 Mar. 2025
His father Sam pitched at Elmhurst, and his older brother Sammy pitched for the Redwings and at the junior college level.
—Matt Le Cren, Chicago Tribune, 19 Mar. 2025
Harry Weese’s Forest Park Community College in St. Louis consisted of long, monumental brick blocks that made the junior college appear as a temple.
—Michael Allen, The Conversation, 27 Feb. 2025
Vanderbilt football player Diego Pavia recently won a lawsuit against the NCAA that determined his seasons at the junior college level will not count toward his four years of eligibility, opening the possibility for more like Pavia to follow.
—Taylor Lyons, Baltimore Sun, 29 Jan. 2025
See All Example Sentences for junior college
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“Junior college.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/junior%20college. Accessed 13 Apr. 2025.
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