Recent Examples on the WebIf there is a COVID issue resulting in a school being unable to field a varsity team, the game can be cancelled, but it must be made up. Craig Larson, BostonGlobe.com, 14 Sep. 2022 Next Friday’s game will be the fifth for the varsity team. Angie Dimichele, Sun Sentinel, 13 Sep. 2022 That purposefulness and work ethic got Clark III into the starting lineup on the La Habra varsity team as a sophomore. Josh Newman, The Salt Lake Tribune, 1 Sep. 2022 The Wolverines have three freshmen on the varsity team, including their starting center, which Doner says is very unusual at South. Josh Reed, Anchorage Daily News, 28 Aug. 2022 The football players were reportedly initiating new players onto the varsity team as part of a school tradition that involved hot sauce, cookies, and lap dances. Andrew Mark Miller, Fox News, 27 Aug. 2022 The 6-foot-3, 240-pound defensive end joined Cass Tech's varsity team as a sophomore, and his recruiting stock exploded a few months later. Tony Garcia, Detroit Free Press, 23 Aug. 2022 Michael Jordan failed to make the varsity team during his sophomore year of high school. Joanna Riley, Forbes, 3 Aug. 2022 Liberty in Winchester, with no seniors at its school, won its first varsity game, defeating Moreno Valley Valley View 28-27. Eric Sondheimer, Los Angeles Times, 20 Aug. 2022 See More
Word History
Etymology
by shortening from university (with regular late Middle English opening of tautosyllabic er to ar)