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  • proper noun baseball A player on the team Oakland Athletics.

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Examples

  • Mr. Walter Camp, for thirty years the moving spirit, organizer, adviser, and athletic strategist of Yale, was chosen chairman of the Athletic

    Our Navy in the War Lawrence Perry 1914

  • Robert "Bo" Myers, HCC's athletic director, said about 3,000 people packed into the Athletic, Recreation and Community Center on Monday.

    The Herald-Mail Online 2009

  • Personal: Communications major, with a minor in Athletic Coaching Education ...

    USATODAY.com 2005

  • Apoel - an acronym for Athletic Football Club of Greeks of Nicosia - is no stranger to success, at least at the domestic level.

    NYT > Global Home By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS 2011

  • APOEL - an acronym for Athletic Football Club of Greeks of Nicosia and pronounced ah-poh-EL - is no stranger to success, at least at the domestic level.

    The Globe and Mail - Home RSS feed MENELAOS HADJICOSTIS 2011

  • Interested candidates should call Athletic Director Sue Amos as soon as possible for more information regarding this position.

    High School Coaching Vacancies 2010

  • Today we've released our sequel to the popular gym shorts we made - these are called Athletic 69 Shorts and yeah, they are low-rise and revealing … so sue us.

    Fashion World of SL 2009

  • With nettling pride they sprung the word "Athletic,"

    The Book of Joyous Children James Whitcomb Riley 1882

  • But whilst Atleti were dragged into a typically robust 'Athletic' affair in San Mamés, the

    TEAMtalk Football News 2010

  • The shirt is somewhat customizable in that the back can either be "Athletic", like the one you see above, or carry the slogan "Kill as many zombies and vampires as you can".

    technabob 2009

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