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Recent Examples of collegian
As a collegian at San Jose State, Wright, who ran track with the Spartans, was once clocked at 9.6 seconds in the 100-meter dash.
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Sean Keeler, The Denver Post, 30 July 2024
Next week, a selection of a player other than a 2023-24 collegian stands well within the realm of possibilities for the team’s front office.
—Ira Winderman, Sun Sentinel, 21 June 2024
Collins joined Darren McFadden and Herschel Walker as the only SEC running backs to compile 1,000-yard rushing seasons in their first three years as collegians.
—Tom Murphy, arkansasonline.com, 19 June 2024
Cherry Creek also produced approximately 450 collegians under Johnson as well as 53 draft picks, including seven first-rounders.
—Kyle Newman, The Denver Post, 16 June 2024
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Sean Keeler, The Denver Post, 30 July 2024
Next week, a selection of a player other than a 2023-24 collegian stands well within the realm of possibilities for the team’s front office.
—Ira Winderman, Sun Sentinel, 21 June 2024
Collins joined Darren McFadden and Herschel Walker as the only SEC running backs to compile 1,000-yard rushing seasons in their first three years as collegians.
—Tom Murphy, arkansasonline.com, 19 June 2024
Cherry Creek also produced approximately 450 collegians under Johnson as well as 53 draft picks, including seven first-rounders.
—Kyle Newman, The Denver Post, 16 June 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for collegian
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The number of student visa applications reportedly plummeted after the U.K. implemented new rules barring international undergraduate and master’s students from bringing their dependents with them.—
Nico Lang,
Rolling Stone,
5 Feb. 2025
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In the agreement, Northwestern agreed to fund two visiting Palestinian faculty members each year and scholarships for five Palestinian undergraduates for their undergraduate careers.—
Nell Salzman,
Chicago Tribune,
5 Feb. 2025
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Unlike single-user AI platforms, Alice develops a comprehensive view of each student's unique profile through conversations with both parents and students.—
Jason Phillips,
USA TODAY,
15 Feb. 2025
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Seven years after King’s speech, my father and his siblings were among the first students bussed out of their neighborhood in Memphis to a majority-White public school as the city finally integrated its public school system decades after the Supreme Court’s mandate.—
Essence,
Essence,
15 Feb. 2025
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An Illinois native, a young White ditched a postgraduate program at Harvard to follow his lover to New York—a city he’s called home since 1962.—
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airmail.news,
1 Feb. 2025
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The logline: Prime Target features a brilliant young math postgraduate, Edward Brooks (Leo Woodall, The White Lotus), on the verge of a major breakthrough.—
Marc Berman,
Forbes,
13 Jan. 2025
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This month, that work is being celebrated by the Association for the Study of African American Life & History, the advocacy organization founded by the father of Black History Month, scholar Carter G. Woodson.—
N'dea Yancey-Bragg,
USA TODAY,
7 Feb. 2025
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Typically, such studies are led by a prominent person of national distinction or a renowned scholar, and are carried out by a panel of national experts from academia, industry, the public sector and nongovernmental organizations.—
Yaakov Katz,
Newsweek,
7 Feb. 2025
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The readers of your blog posts won’t make the trip.—
Olga Khazan,
The Atlantic,
18 Feb. 2025
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Of the deals proposed by our readers, the Quinn one is more appealing to me.—
Matthew Fairburn,
The Athletic,
18 Feb. 2025
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Wealthier states such as New Jersey, Massachusetts and Connecticut receive the least federal funding per pupil, often below $2,500.—
Thomas G. Moukawsher,
Newsweek,
5 Feb. 2025
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Illinois has some of the highest spending levels per pupil in the nation.—
Catrina Barker | The Center Square contributor,
Washington Examiner - Political News and Conservative Analysis About Congress, the President, and the Federal Government,
1 Feb. 2025
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“Collegian.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/collegian. Accessed 21 Feb. 2025.
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