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sophomore

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








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“I’ve Seen It” is the final track on Dean’s sophomore album “The Art of Loving,” released in September 2025.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 5, 2026

The Wolverines were fighting to keep their hopes in the Big Ten alive, trailing Minnesota 20-14 on Saturday afternoon, when sophomore quarterback Bryce Underwood faced a fourth-and-5.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 4, 2026

Mater Dei sophomore running back Asir Nembhard had the only touchdown for his team, which gave the Monarchs their only lead of the night in the first quarter.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 3, 2026

Last year, New England Patriots quarterback Drake Maye had the opposite of a sophomore slump.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 1, 2026

“There was a guy last year at my school. I had had a crush on him for most of my freshman year, and he came out at the start of our sophomore year.”

From "Anger Is a Gift" by Mark Oshiro

So are more college freshmen and sophomores, in the hopes of improving their own hiring chances later on, campus career counselors say.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 25, 2026

It’s another positive development for a Birmingham team that already has two productive starters in sophomores Carlos Acuna and Nate Soto.

From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 23, 2026

Crossroads, which starts four sophomores, received 16 points from Evan Willis and 14 from Sheppard.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 27, 2026

Brown President Christina Paxson said she believed the shooting happened inside a final-exam review session for a principles of economics class where most of the students in the class were freshmen or sophomores.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Dec. 15, 2025

Whenever his boat came up alongside Joe and the sophomores, Moch quietly leaned toward his stroke oar and whispered, “Give me twenty really big ones, after five more.”

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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