collegiate

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The league is preparing for a potential lockout by fast-tracking collegiate officials and giving its video command center more penalty call authority.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 31, 2026

During his final season of collegiate basketball in 2011-12, he was the most accurate sharpshooter in the National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics with a 48.1% three-point field goal percentage.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 20, 2026

"He's not very collegiate, which was one reason why he left Reform UK," he said.

From BBC • Feb. 14, 2026

I graduated with a decent proficiency — better at understanding and reading than speaking — and, soon after, dropped language altogether when it didn’t fit into my collegiate career.

From Salon • Jan. 18, 2026

On especially black days I sometimes tell myself that if I’d loaded up with degrees when I was able, I might not now be teaching anything quite so collegiate and hopeless as Advanced Writing 24-A.

From "Franny and Zooey" by J. D. Salinger