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JV

NOUN
junior varsity
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“You have to imagine that you just finished volleyball practice and the JV squad is having a horrendous season to really get the full picture.”

From Slate Aug. 24, 2026

In Northern California when a tennis team decided to send its JV team for the regional playoffs, sanctions were imposed.

From Los Angeles Times May 29, 2026

That’s where sophomore JV baseball player Noah Nolasco from Birmingham High comes into play.

From Los Angeles Times May 23, 2026

“We were down to a JV team basically,” Rolson said.

From The Wall Street Journal May 10, 2026

So far he hadn’t even made the presumed JV boat, and so it looked as if he would not be rowing in the Cal race or beyond.

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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