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varsity

[vahr-si-tee] / ˈvɑr sɪ ti /
NOUN
first string
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Jennifer was a lead reporter on the Varsity Blues higher-education case and is the co-author of "Unacceptable: Privilege, Deceit & the Making of the College Admissions Scandal," published in 2020.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 17, 2026

The father of six starred in multiple popular shows and films in the late 1990s and early 2000s, including the cult classic Dawson's Creek and Varsity Blues.

From BBC • Feb. 11, 2026

“I created a Varsity Team Starter Kit, outlining the steps we used to establish pickleball as a school-sanctioned varsity sport. Leaders at other schools are actively using it to establish their own teams.”

From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 11, 2026

Interested in majoring in sports medicine or exercise science, Kennedy is on Santa Margarita’s Varsity Leadership Counsel and has umpired and worked with young players on their mechanics.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 30, 2025

Most of them had joined the Varsity Boat Club and lived in the club’s rented house on Seventeenth Avenue, a block north of the campus, though joe remained in the basement of the YMCA.

From "The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics" by Daniel James Brown




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