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varsity

[vahr-si-tee] / ˈvɑr sɪ ti /
NOUN
first string
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Jordan — are making another try to play varsity football.

From Los Angeles Times Jul. 26, 2026

Plenty of other readers also made the case that real rivalries came with varsity jackets.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 15, 2026

One varsity player took his frustrations to interscholastic authorities.

From The Wall Street Journal Jun. 28, 2026

Hawthorne does not have a junior varsity team.

From Los Angeles Times Apr. 18, 2026

And the varsity girls are contenders almost every year.

From "The Running Dream" by Wendelin Van Draanen

The 1969 team was 2-4, a respectable enough record, though five opponents were the junior varsities of small colleges like Wheaton and Valparaiso.

From New York Times Sep. 17, 2011

In 1929 and 1930 he had been on losing Yale varsities.

From Time Magazine Archive

Last week, after Washington's junior varsity and freshmen had beaten the East's best, seven varsities pulled out on the calm Hudson to row four miles down stream.

From Time Magazine Archive

And they don't get the pick of the varsities either: the standard keeps going down.

From Years of Plenty by Brown, Ivor

"And the varsities won't change till public opinion blows them to bits," added Martin.

From Years of Plenty by Brown, Ivor




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