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varsity

[vahr-si-tee] / ˈvɑr sɪ ti /
NOUN
first string
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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

School resource officers and other investigators determined that the phone belonged to Jeffrey Pribble, head varsity coach of the football team, police said.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 14, 2026

When I tried out for junior varsity in high school, I was sure I could field at shortstop as well as any other sophomore.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 13, 2026

Small for my age and not very athletic, I tried out for the junior varsity team at Eastchester High School in New York.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 9, 2026

Actually, there seemed to be a lot of people who needed comfort these days—especially the eighth-grade varsity runners, who were taking the Salisbury Park race way too personally.

From "The Wednesday Wars" by Gary D. Schmidt

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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