junior

Example Sentences

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Mr. Klingbeil is a co-leader of the center-left Social Democratic Party, or SPD, which is the junior partner in an awkward governing condominium with Chancellor Friedrich Merz’s center-right Christian Democrats.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 2, 2026

He played second base, third base and shortstop as a junior on varsity.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 1, 2026

As a sophomore, he was on junior varsity.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 1, 2026

“We continue to see an April hike as the base case,” the junior analyst says.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 31, 2026

I’d just achieved my goal of making the junior national team, and to be honest, I hadn’t thought much beyond that yet.

From "Courage to Soar" by Simone Biles