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junior

[joon-yer] / ˈdʒun jər /


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He went on to write This is going to hurt: Secret Diaries of a junior doctor about his experiences, including caring for a mother who delivered a stillborn baby.

From BBC ● Nov. 13, 2026

He was a soccer player for 10 years, playing junior varsity at Carson.

From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 13, 2026

CROSSROADS: Let’s see what kind of improvement Shalen Sheppard makes in his junior season.

From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 11, 2026

Leadenhall Partners, a junior lender to 777, is now financing the Chapter 11 proceeding.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 11, 2026

In junior high, we run a mile every week and we’re supposed to get faster each time.

From "A Good Kind of Trouble" by Lisa Moore Ramée

They have combined for 16 touchdowns in nine games as juniors.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 25, 2026

There are currently 34 juniors in the major, suggesting it has become less popular at the liberal-art college, which has some 2,000 undergraduates overall.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 19, 2026

Three times most days, groups of high-school juniors scrape, scrub and stow kitchenware and cutlery.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 14, 2026

Despite the overall drop, the demographics remained on par with last year in terms of the tournament's target family audience, with 22% of tickets sold to juniors, 40% to families and 28% to female attendees.

From BBC ● Aug. 15, 2026

Upper-classmen treated their juniors with haughtiness and disdain.

From "Long Walk to Freedom" by Nelson Mandela


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