scholarship
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A star volleyball setter at Fairfax High, she gave up a University of Arizona scholarship her freshman year after breaking her wrist and finding it “too hard to watch the games and not be involved.”
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 18, 2026
He was a superstar prospect in high school who eschewed a scholarship to Stanford to sign with the New York Mets, who had selected him in the first round of the 1980 draft.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 16, 2026
There are efforts to rebuild relations, including new education partnerships and scholarship initiatives.
From BBC • Apr. 14, 2026
We have no heirs and plan to leave our assets to an endowed scholarship at my alma mater, plus a smaller gift to a local university program.
From MarketWatch • Apr. 8, 2026
“So you didn’t get all the school awards back in elementary school? And I guess they just give anybody a scholarship to those rich kid schools, huh?”
From "Amari and the Night Brothers" by B.B. Alston
Vocabulary lists containing scholarship
The Vocabulary of College
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Unit 3: Compelling Evidence
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