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a person in the second year of high school or college
She's a sophomore in high school.
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Recent Examples of sophomore
Tippmann, 24, had a solid sophomore campaign for the Jets after ranking No. 2 overall in sacks allowed (five) among all centers who took at least 80% of the regular-season snaps.
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Antwan Staley, New York Daily News, 23 July 2025
In a new column on NBA.com, analyst Jerry Jiang named James as one of the top sophomore standouts from this year's Summer League action.
—Evan Massey, MSNBC Newsweek, 21 July 2025
Taking the major milestones first, and before digging into more detail, DC/Warner Bros’ Superman topped the four-century mark in its sophomore session, flying to $406.8M global.
—Nancy Tartaglione, Deadline, 20 July 2025
Jere goes back to live at the fraternity house, and Belly lives with Anika in her sophomore year at Finch University.
—Amaris Encinas, USA Today, 20 July 2025
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Antwan Staley, New York Daily News, 23 July 2025
In a new column on NBA.com, analyst Jerry Jiang named James as one of the top sophomore standouts from this year's Summer League action.
—Evan Massey, MSNBC Newsweek, 21 July 2025
Taking the major milestones first, and before digging into more detail, DC/Warner Bros’ Superman topped the four-century mark in its sophomore session, flying to $406.8M global.
—Nancy Tartaglione, Deadline, 20 July 2025
Jere goes back to live at the fraternity house, and Belly lives with Anika in her sophomore year at Finch University.
—Amaris Encinas, USA Today, 20 July 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for sophomore
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Past deaths of Lakota Local Schools students On March 23, 2024, 14-year-old Laith Masri, a freshman at Lakota West High School, was killed in a crash at the intersection of Verity Parkway and Hughes Street, which also injured four other students that were involved.—
Gillian Stawiszynski,
Cincinnati Enquirer,
23 July 2025
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Baccarin also revealed on the pod that Sheriff Country — which was ordered to series more than a year ago but got held for the 2025-26 TV season — has a 20-episode order for its freshman run.—
Matt Webb Mitovich,
TVLine,
22 July 2025
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Zion Robinson, Senior, Mansfield Robinson, a Michigan commit, put up 532 yards and eight touchdowns as a junior within a well-rounded offense.—
Charles Baggarly,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
24 July 2025
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As a junior, Kelly helped lead the Eagles to a 14-1 record and was teammates with current Cincinnati running back Jakorion Caffey.—
Ryan Morik,
FOXNews.com,
23 July 2025
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The school was opened with a singular focus in mind: train students to practice medicine with an eye to holistic care.—
Forbes.com,
Forbes.com,
21 July 2025
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For example, problem one asks students to imagine a triangular grid of dots (like a triangular pegboard) and figure out how to cover all the dots using exactly n straight lines.—
Benj Edwards,
ArsTechnica,
21 July 2025
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“Sophomore.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/sophomore. Accessed 29 Jul. 2025.
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