collegiate

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Recent Examples of collegiate Watts finished his collegiate career as Notre Dame’s first two-time consensus All-American in over 30 years. Eddie Brown, The Mercury News, 27 Feb. 2025 The big picture: The NFL Scouting Combine starts in Indianapolis with 329 prospects from the nation's top collegiate programs hoping to land a roster spot in the most popular American sports league. Esteban L. Hernandez, Axios, 27 Feb. 2025 Lawson, a Petaluma native, is a former collegiate quarterback at New Mexico and Rhode Island. Check back for updates to this story. Christian Babcock, The Mercury News, 19 Feb. 2025 At a crucial point of his collegiate career, Bell made the decision to switch from wide receiver to outside linebacker as a senior at Prairie View A&M. C. Isaiah Smalls Ii, Miami Herald, 19 Feb. 2025 See All Example Sentences for collegiate
Recent Examples of Synonyms for collegiate
Adjective
  • Sanders won the 2024 Johnny Unitas Golden Arm Award, which is given to the nation’s top quarterback who best exemplifies character, scholastic and athletic achievement.
    Ryan Canfield, Fox News, 19 Dec. 2024
  • Golden Triangle administers the scholarships in cooperation with Mount Dora Community Trust. Award considerations include scholastic ability, responsibility toward education, financial need and includes a special emphasis on community service.
    Orlando Sentinel Staff, Orlando Sentinel, 13 Feb. 2025
Adjective
  • Four challengers have stepped forward, offering to help lead the district during a critical period underscored by a superintendent transition, literacy and academic performance issues, and impending school closures.
    Lina Ruiz, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 28 Feb. 2025
  • This helped subject-matter experts frame their ideas in a way that felt natural and compelling, rather than academic or dry.
    Rhea Wessel, Forbes, 28 Feb. 2025
Adjective
  • Many companies unknowingly create environments that discourage intellectual exploration, leading employees to disengage from problem-solving and creative thinking.
    Dr. Diane Hamilton, Forbes, 8 Mar. 2025
  • McKinley displayed plenty of intellectual flexibility, manifested not just in his Hawaii and Cuba maneuverings but also in his willingness to alter his longtime advocacy of high protective tariffs and craft a new policy more in keeping with a changing world.
    Robert W. Merry, Washington Examiner - Political News and Conservative Analysis About Congress, the President, and the Federal Government, 7 Mar. 2025

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“Collegiate.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/collegiate. Accessed 13 Mar. 2025.

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