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sophomore

[sof-uh-mawr, -mohr, sof-mawr, -mohr] / ˈsɒf əˌmɔr, -ˌmoʊr, ˈsɒf mɔr, -moʊr /








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Three blockers in particular are having standout seasons — sophomore Matteo Esperias, 6 feet 4 and 200 pounds, senior Ezra Epifano, 6-4 and 270, and senior Mike Chavez, 6-6 and 290.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 28, 2026

Students must declare their major by the end of their sophomore year.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 19, 2026

Then 19, Desdunes, a sophomore, was a member of Sigma Alpha Epsilon.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 16, 2026

Dieffenbach has been patiently waiting for his moment since he made the switch from wide receiver to quarterback as a sophomore at Agoura High.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 16, 2026

We had film class together when I was a sophomore and he was a senior.

From "Please Ignore Vera Dietz" by A.S. King

So are more college freshmen and sophomores, in the hopes of improving their own hiring chances later on, campus career counselors say.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 25, 2026

Crossroads, which starts four sophomores, received 16 points from Evan Willis and 14 from Sheppard.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 27, 2026

Brown President Christina Paxson said she believed the shooting happened inside a final-exam review session for a principles of economics class where most of the students in the class were freshmen or sophomores.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Dec. 15, 2025

And of those who do stay, only a handful were still waiting to start as sophomores.

From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 27, 2025

Barring some kind of miracle, the older boys would race as the varsity crew at Poughkeepsie; the sophomores would almost certainly be demoted to junior varsity status, despite winning in California.

From "The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics" by Daniel James Brown


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