sophomores

noun

plural of sophomore
as in freshmen
US a person in the second year of high school or college She's a sophomore in high school.

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Recent Examples of sophomores The project tested its model in the spring semester of 2025 on four college sophomores from other schools, which gave them academic credit for coming to the Greenway campus and doing hands-on work with faculty supervisors in a prototype semester. — Jon Marcus, NPR, 1 Sep. 2026 Four players appear to still be in the mix for the two guard spots in sophomores SJ Alofaituli and Max Buchanan plus freshmen Jackson Cantwell and Ben Congdon. — Jordan McPherson, Miami Herald, 31 Aug. 2026 This includes the seven residence halls for first-year students and the suite-style units and apartments for sophomores, upper-division students and graduate students. — Tarini Mehta, Sacbee.com, 27 Aug. 2026 Defensively, Bett anchors the interior line, while sophomores Joseph Mbatchou and Jeremiah McCloud look poised for second-year jumps after promising freshman seasons. — Edgar Thompson, The Orlando Sentinel, 26 Aug. 2026 With the dismissal of West Virginia transfer Cam Vaughn, the main contenders for the position are South Carolina transfer Vandrevius Jacobs and sophomores Moore and Daylyn Upshaw. — Adam Lichtenstein, Sun Sentinel, 20 Aug. 2026 Waers identified the two deceased victims as sophomores Haylan Engdahl and Brayden Rogers. — Faris Tanyos, CBS News, 19 Aug. 2026 The university identified the two students who died in the crash as Haylan Engdahl and Brayden Rogers, both sophomores. — Meredith Deliso, ABC News, 19 Aug. 2026 Each summer, the academy hosts rising high school sophomores and juniors and develops personal, intellectual and leadership skills. — Bob Goldsborough, Chicago Tribune, 12 Aug. 2026
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  1. freshmen
  2. juniors
  3. students
Noun
  • In the next few weeks, hundreds of thousands of freshmen, many of them arriving without any family history of college at all, will decide whether to walk into a fraternity event or skip it.
    — Todd Buchanan, The Orlando Sentinel, 28 Aug. 2026
  • Somourian Wingo has been the most tantalizing of the freshmen receivers and might have the highest ceiling of the four.
    — Barry Jackson, Miami Herald, 28 Aug. 2026
Definition of freshmen
Noun
  • At the running back spot, 2,120 of the 2,507 rushing yards from last season are back, with juniors Dylan Riley (1,125) and Sire Gaines (811) accounting for the majority of that production.
    — Shaun Goodwin, Idaho Statesman, 30 Aug. 2026
  • The composition courses would be for seniors, according to Thomas Skobel, the East Aurora High School’s division chair for English and fine arts, while the speech course would be open to juniors and seniors.
    — Molly Morrow, Chicago Tribune, 27 Aug. 2026
Definition of juniors
Noun
  • Like many of her fellow college students, Stephanie Park has kept a close eye on how AI might affect her career prospects.
    — Sophie Caldwell, CNBC, 1 Sep. 2026
  • The documentary captures the everyday life of the director and his fellow students at the Central African Republic’s Bangui University.
    — Ed Meza, Variety, 1 Sep. 2026
Definition of students

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“Sophomores.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/sophomores. Accessed 3 Sep. 2026.

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