semipro
Americanadjective
adjective
Etymology
Origin of semipro
Example Sentences
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Vestberg, who played semipro handball, is Swedish and fluent in several languages.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 14, 2025
He started a personal training business after he was released, got a restaurant job and joined a semipro football team, the Spokane Wolfpack.
From Seattle Times ● Apr. 20, 2024
Klecko went from working at a trucking company and making a semipro team as an unpaid player with a fake name to earning a scholarship to play at Temple.
From Washington Times ● Aug. 5, 2023
Mr. King and Mr. Flynn, both sons of longshoremen, ran an issues-oriented campaign that focused on working-class voters and reflected their long friendship, which began when they were teammates on a semipro basketball team.
From New York Times ● Apr. 8, 2023
The Newsome Park Community Center boasted a kitchen and banquet space, rooms for craft courses and club meetings, basketball and tennis courts, and a baseball diamond for the semipro Newsome Park Dodgers.
From "Hidden Figures" by Margot Lee Shetterly
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