Ivy Leaguer
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The club was sitting 16th in La Liga, just two points from the relegation places, and here it was hiring an Ivy Leaguer from Bergen County—a veteran of the Fair Lawn Cutters—to turn things around.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 18, 2026
In West, every character is out of place — an Ivy Leaguer beguiled by Hollywood, a vaudeville hoofer reduced to door-to-door selling, a Midwesterner lured to California for his health, a suspiciously mature child actor.
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 11, 2023
This makes sense once we consider the actual demographics of the typical American college student, who is not an Ivy Leaguer bound for the 1 percent.
From Slate • Aug. 25, 2022
Even if you’re not an Ivy Leaguer, odds are still pretty good that a college degree will pay off — as long as you finish.
From Washington Post • May 24, 2019
An Ivy Leaguer in a Lakers T-shirt popped his head above the cubicle partition.
From "Beauty Queens" by Libba Bray
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