junior

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The 2024 US Open junior champion will play Talia Gibson, who is ranked over 200 places above her, in the opening singles of the best-of-five match tie in Melbourne.

From BBC • Apr. 9, 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

The junior Kellogg later applied that to corn—and changed breakfast forever.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 4, 2026

“The jackal leaped through the window again. The hyena tried to follow, but she became stuck. ‘Help me, O junior wife!

From "A Girl Named Disaster" by Nancy Farmer