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  • n  an athlete who plays for pay on a part-time basis

  • Similarly, the Medical Systems division, which developed imaging equipment for hospitals, moved in with another health-care business, one that offered semiprofessional services .
  • The Columbus Philharmonic, which grew from semiprofessional to professional rank this season, made $1,800 profit on one pop concert.
  • While he hopes his longtime girlfriend will join him, much of his non-factory time is spent playing with a local semiprofessional rugby team.
News & Articles

  • 50 years and still going strong
    A dream comes true The first stage of the Stone of Hope is announced June, 1993. teams, but at least we have the Blowfish, a semiprofessional league that plays in the old USC stadium. Sidenote: I was there one Fourth of July when the announcer personally thanked every service member in the crowd. Touching! read more
    June 27, 2013 - Columbia Star
Quotes

  • Gordon Gee in ESPN
    If you're graduating 8 percent of your students, you shouldn't get as many scholarships or as much revenue as those who graduate 70 or 80 percent of your students,Gee said. "Right now what you do is field semiprofessional teams and these...
  • Nigel Lythgoe in Fort Worth Star Telegram
    It's a talent opportunity, if you will, rather than a talent contest,executive producer Nigel Lythgoe said in a recent teleconference. "These bands have been formed -- some professional, some semiprofessional, some amateur -- [and] we are...
  • Russell Brand in Salon
    March 13, 2009 | Russell Brand calls himself "a semiprofessional cheeky monkey."

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