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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
Bett is a redshirt sophomore who transferred from Baylor.
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Ryan Gaydos, FOXNews.com, 7 Sep. 2025
The sophomore was held out of the Missouri State game due to an undisclosed injury.
—Haley Sawyer, Oc Register, 7 Sep. 2025
The Aztecs’ leading receiver was sophomore Jordan Napier (7 catches, 69 yards).
—Kirk Kenney, San Diego Union-Tribune, 7 Sep. 2025
The second half of the show’s sophomore season revealed that the woman Wednesday Addams (Jenna Ortega) escorted out of the basement of Willow Hill, where the LOIS experiments were taking place, is none other than Tyler’s mother, who was thought to be dead for 15 years.
—Dessi Gomez, Deadline, 7 Sep. 2025
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Ryan Gaydos, FOXNews.com, 7 Sep. 2025
The sophomore was held out of the Missouri State game due to an undisclosed injury.
—Haley Sawyer, Oc Register, 7 Sep. 2025
The Aztecs’ leading receiver was sophomore Jordan Napier (7 catches, 69 yards).
—Kirk Kenney, San Diego Union-Tribune, 7 Sep. 2025
The second half of the show’s sophomore season revealed that the woman Wednesday Addams (Jenna Ortega) escorted out of the basement of Willow Hill, where the LOIS experiments were taking place, is none other than Tyler’s mother, who was thought to be dead for 15 years.
—Dessi Gomez, Deadline, 7 Sep. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for sophomore
Noun
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The 1994 freshman class had 87 members — 73 Republicans against 14 Democrats.—
David Mark,
The Washington Examiner,
12 Sep. 2025
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The two met in freshman year in the dorms and quickly became inseparable.—
Lydia Patrick,
MSNBC Newsweek,
12 Sep. 2025
Noun
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The junior led Monte Vista to a 5-0 record and a win at the Bishop O’Dowd Invitational with 68 kills, 17 aces, 12 blocks and 34 digs.—
Christian Babcock,
Mercury News,
11 Sep. 2025
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Lance Suaste, a junior at the university, was walking past the nearby Mountain Run apartments, having just been dropped off after spending the day at a friend’s house.—
N'dea Yancey-Bragg,
USA Today,
11 Sep. 2025
Noun
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For child care providers who offer pre-K programming, ESAs are an opportunity to help stabilize a sector that’s been competing with public schools for enrollment of these students.—
Lina Ruiz
September 8,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
8 Sep. 2025
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The students spent about three months gathering data, interviewing dozens of sources and writing and editing stories under the guidance of a former Star reporter now teaching at Notre Dame.—
IndyStar,
IndyStar,
8 Sep. 2025
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“Sophomore.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/sophomore. Accessed 14 Sep. 2025.
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