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varsity

[vahr-si-tee] / ˈvɑr sɪ ti /
NOUN
first string
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Mestemaker’s varsity high-school career had come and gone without him starting a single game at quarterback.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 8, 2026

He said some clients are training for the pros while others are just trying to make the junior varsity squad.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 4, 2026

He attended the Lawrenceville School, a private school in New Jersey, where he played varsity ice hockey and baseball and wrote for the student newspaper, according to the school’s social media.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 29, 2026

Sophomore Eli Zamorano of Sierra Canyon and freshman Aydan Steen of Santa Margarita have been the best first-year varsity contributors.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 23, 2026

The first two boys to face the varsity players were both overcautious, spareboned, young, and fearful of sudden error and humiliation.

From "The Great Santini" by Pat Conroy

The 1969 team was 2-4, a respectable enough record, though five opponents were the junior varsities of small colleges like Wheaton and Valparaiso.

From New York Times ● Sep. 17, 2011

Last week, after Washington's junior varsity and freshmen had beaten the East's best, seven varsities pulled out on the calm Hudson to row four miles down stream.

From Time Magazine Archive

In 1929 and 1930 he had been on losing Yale varsities.

From Time Magazine Archive

And they don't get the pick of the varsities either: the standard keeps going down.

From Years of Plenty by Ivor Brown

"And the varsities won't change till public opinion blows them to bits," added Martin.

From Years of Plenty by Ivor Brown


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