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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Goldstein, a former junior college player, had sued the NCAA over its five-year eligibility restrictions and sought to play another season of college baseball, but the judge wouldn’t allow it.
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Michael McCann, Sportico.com, 28 Feb. 2025
The new rules that don’t count seasons in junior college against four-year eligibility could work to his advantage.
—Paul Johnson, Chicago Tribune, 25 Jan. 2025
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
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Michael McCann, Sportico.com, 28 Feb. 2025
The new rules that don’t count seasons in junior college against four-year eligibility could work to his advantage.
—Paul Johnson, Chicago Tribune, 25 Jan. 2025
The hope is that Cotton, junior college transfer Rock Caldwell and Texas A&M transfer Don Saunders will help secure the secondary.
25.
—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
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 21 Apr. 2025.
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