collegiate

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Recent Examples of collegiate Beck decided to continue his collegiate career, but that prior relationship helped the Sharks land the Richmond Hill, Ontario native this year, with three or four other NHL teams also interested. Curtis Pashelka, Mercury News, 25 Mar. 2025 Jackson is committed to playing collegiate basketball at the University of Arkansas Fort Smith. Charles Baggarly, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 25 Mar. 2025 Van Lith has only been further in the national spotlight during her collegiate and Olympic basketball career. Ryan Gaydos, Fox News, 25 Mar. 2025 Before the games begin, the women’s tournament starts with Selection Sunday, which reveals all 68 teams, seedings and matchups during the first round of the massive collegiate competition. Rudie Obias, The Hollywood Reporter, 13 Mar. 2025 See All Example Sentences for collegiate
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Adjective
  • Listen to this article An Aurora seventh grader achieved a scholastic twofer last week, winning Denver’s regional science fair and the Colorado state spelling bee in a six-day span.
    Elizabeth Hernandez, The Denver Post, 13 Mar. 2025
  • 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
Adjective
  • The Myth of Looking Outward A fourth pervasive myth is the belief that the best innovation comes from looking outward: at competitors, industry trends, or academic theories.
    Mark Nevins, Forbes, 24 Mar. 2025
  • There was a risk that such a single-minded pursuit of so difficult a problem could hurt her academic career, but Späth dedicated all her time to it anyway.
    Leila Sloman, WIRED, 23 Mar. 2025
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  • Nurturing Intellectual Curiosity Selective colleges consistently seek students who demonstrate intellectual vitality—a genuine enthusiasm for learning that extends beyond grade-seeking behavior.
    Dr. Aviva Legatt, Forbes, 20 Mar. 2025
  • Dugin rails against the European Enlightenment, the intellectual root of modern rationalism and liberalism, and defines himself in the lineage of Counter-Enlightenment thinkers, such as Friedrich Nietzsche and Martin Heidegger.
    Arash Azizi, The Atlantic, 19 Mar. 2025

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“Collegiate.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/collegiate. Accessed 31 Mar. 2025.

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