junior

Example Sentences

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He has grown to 6 feet 5 as a 17-year-old junior and is committed to UCLA, which is No. 1 in the nation with a 21-1 record.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 8, 2026

The resident doctor strike is likely to cause significant disruption to services, with those formerly called junior doctors making up nearly half of the medical workforce in the NHS.

From BBC • Apr. 7, 2026

Working as a junior hedge fund analyst in the 2000s, I had internally championed positions in EganaGoldpfeil and Tack Fat—two fast-growing, Hong Kong-listed small-cap stocks.

From Barron's • Apr. 7, 2026

Her obituary describes her as the “high school queen” her junior year.

From Slate • Apr. 6, 2026

I am his junior in life, was his junior in Congress, his junior in the diplomatic line, his junior lately in our civil government.”

From "Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation" by Joseph J. Ellis