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*Idiomatic use
*Idiomatic use
"Freshman" and "sophomore" are sometimes used figuratively, almost exclusively in the United States, to refer to a first or second effort ("the singer's sophomore album"), or to a [[politician]]'s first or second term in office ("freshman senator") or an [[athlete]]'s first or second year on a [[professional]] sports team. "Junior" and "senior" are not used in this figurative way to refer to third and fourth years or efforts, because of those [[words]]' broader [[meanings]] of "younger" and "older." A junior senator is therefore not one who is in a third term of office, but merely one who has not been in the Senate as long as the other senator from their [[state]]. Confusingly, this means that it is [[possible]] to be both a "freshman Senator" and a "senior Senator" [[simultaneously]]: for example, if a Senator wins election in 2008, and then the other Senator from the same state steps down and a new Senator elected in 2010, the former Senator is both senior Senator (as they have been in the Senate for two years more) and a freshman Senator (since they are still in their first term).
"Freshman" and "sophomore" are sometimes used figuratively, almost exclusively in the United States, to refer to a first or second effort ("the singer's sophomore album"), or to a [[politician]]'s first or second term in office ("freshman senator") or an [[athlete]]'s first or second year on a [[professional]] sports team. "Junior" and "senior" are not used in this figurative way to refer to third and fourth years or efforts, because of those [[words]]' broader [[meanings]] of "younger" and "older." A junior senator is therefore not one who is in a third term of office, but merely one who has not been in the Senate as long as the other senator from their [[state]]. Confusingly, this means that it is [[possible]] to be both a "freshman Senator" and a "senior Senator" [[simultaneously]]: for example, if a Senator wins election in 2008, and then the other Senator from the same state steps down and a new Senator elected in 2010, the former Senator is both senior Senator (as they have been in the Senate for two years more) and a freshman Senator (since they are still in their first term).
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