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university

[yoo-nuh-vur-si-tee] / ˌyu nəˈvɜr sɪ ti /
NOUN
institution of higher education
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NOUN
educational institution
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He pitched the idea of a folding table to the university, which agreed when he offered to split the profits.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 12, 2026

He had been invited to the country by a Chinese university, according to a person familiar with the situation, who didn’t offer further information.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 12, 2026

"I call this a battery on wheels," Nicholas Etherden, a lecturer and researcher in energy systems at the university, told AFP.

From Barron's • Jun. 12, 2026

But with the processing of his work authorization halted, the university that issued the grant said it couldn’t hire him as a research associate.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 12, 2026

At the university town of Louvain, known as “the Oxford of Belgium,” nervous German soldiers misinterpreted a nighttime movement of their own troops.

From "The War to End All Wars: World War I" by Russell Freedman




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