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junior

[joon-yer] / ˈdʒun jər /


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Before graduating from Cor Jesu Academy in St. Louis, she scored 67 goals and had 25 assists as a junior, leading her team to a 25-0 season and a state championship.

From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 5, 2026

She reached a high of fifth in the junior world rankings and turned professional in 2025.

From BBC ● Nov. 4, 2026

Top media buyers advise junior colleagues to stay curious, look beneath the surface of a buy and get extremely hands-on with the tools before learning AI shortcuts.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 3, 2026

An uncomfortable truth about AI’s growing capabilities: The work that many junior white-collar workers have long done will soon be better off automated.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 3, 2026

When Wilkins returned from vacation, he expected Franklin to join him as his junior assistant; DNA had, after all, always been his project.

From "The Gene" by Siddhartha Mukherjee

Seventh- and eighth-graders might be able to participate in sports at the high-school level, while juniors and seniors take college courses at nearby UMass Lowell.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 28, 2026

There are currently 34 juniors in the major, suggesting it has become less popular at the liberal-art college, which has some 2,000 undergraduates overall.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 19, 2026

Beyond that, twin brothers and juniors Anhor The Great Johnson and King Rich Johnson swarmed everything that Basha tried to do.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 5, 2026

The demand has since been supported by about 450 of the university's 1,400 students, including many juniors.

From BBC ● Aug. 18, 2026

I walked up to Hannah, who was surrounded by the usual gaggle of juniors and seniors, including Maddie.

From "From Twinkle, with Love" by Sandhya Menon


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