Example Sentences

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Herrington should be quick to pick up offers from other high schools and junior colleges.

From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 4, 2025

Indigenous students who learn their language Kanien'kéha, English and French, already take after-school French lessons to prepare for Quebec's two-year junior colleges, said Robin Delaronde, director of the Kahnawake Education Center.

From Reuters • May 25, 2022

On Friday at U.C.L.A.’s practice facility, most of the receivers who fielded his passes were still in high school or enrolled in junior colleges.

From New York Times • Mar. 27, 2022

Only Selvy’s mark, scored against Newberry in 1964, is recognized by the National Collegiate Athletic Association, however, as the others scored theirs against junior colleges.

From Seattle Times • Nov. 22, 2021

Around that same time, the Arkansas Board of Education surprised us all by saying that seven state junior colleges would now be open to our undergraduate students.

From "March Forward, Girl" by Melba Pattillo Beals