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sophomore

[sof-uh-mawr, -mohr, sof-mawr, -mohr] / ˈsɒf əˌmɔr, -ˌmoʊr, ˈsɒf mɔr, -moʊr /








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“After battling an injury and having to sit out her sophomore season she could’ve let that defeat her, but she fought hard to be at her best.”

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 7, 2026

This sophomore effort from New Orleans duo Twisted Teens is as much a punk album as it is an Americana folk album, as loud as it is thoughtful, as crunchy as it is tender.

From Salon • Jun. 5, 2026

The erasure of gay Black Hollywood is really the point of this imaginatively crafted, stunningly tense, historically significant sophomore novel.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 1, 2026

He just returned from his sophomore year of college and is madly doing all of the networking that you’re suggesting, Matt.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 29, 2026

One day in the spring of my sophomore year, I found a note in my box directing me to see my advisor.

From "Jacob Have I Loved" by Katherine Paterson




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