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junior

[joon-yer] / ˈdʒun jər /


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With 1,884 yards, 18 touchdowns and only one interception while completing 75% of his passes this season, Orange High’s junior quarterback has rarely faltered when dropping back.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 27, 2026

He found junior receiver KJ Woodbury in the end zone with a 37-yard floater that soared over the defense.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 27, 2026

McElroy referred Campbell and a junior colleague for potential disciplinary proceedings.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 26, 2026

The warning triggered a jockeying for control among senior municipal bondholders, bond insurers and junior debtholders offering competing financing that could either stave off a bankruptcy filing or fund the proceeding.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 23, 2026

“The senior wife was a hyena with many children, and the junior was a skinny jackal with only one little boy.”

From "A Girl Named Disaster" by Nancy Farmer

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

Fortunately, my English teacher, Thomas Dolan, suggested I join Stuyvesant’s SING!, in which freshmen and sophomores competed against juniors and seniors in original productions.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 28, 2026

Not everyone thinks squeezing out juniors is wise.

From Barron's ● Jul. 17, 2026

But he believes juniors and seniors in advanced classes should be allowed to use AI “because when you become an upperclassman, companies want to see you actually use these tools,” Anand said.

From MarketWatch ● Jun. 22, 2026

Everyone else cleared out of Midtown School of the Arts almost an hour ago, except for us juniors whose parents or guardians signed us up for ACT prep.

From "On the Come Up" by Angie Thomas




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