collegiate

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If they can’t agree, the league has been mapping out contingencies that include fast-tracking officials from the collegiate level before the expiration of the current agreement on May 31.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 31, 2026

During his final season of collegiate basketball in 2011-12, he was the most accurate sharpshooter in the National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics with a 48.1% three-point field goal percentage.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 20, 2026

Gervase started his collegiate career at Pfeiffer University, a Division III school in Misenheimer, N.C.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 25, 2026

"He's not very collegiate, which was one reason why he left Reform UK," he said.

From BBC • Feb. 14, 2026

On especially black days I sometimes tell myself that if I’d loaded up with degrees when I was able, I might not now be teaching anything quite so collegiate and hopeless as Advanced Writing 24-A.

From "Franny and Zooey" by J. D. Salinger