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[klas-i-kuhl] / ˈklæs ɪ kəl /




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A onetime “Cary Grantish darling of New York debutante balls,” Young pursued archaeology at Princeton and Columbia, joining the American School of Classical Studies in Athens in 1933.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 31, 2026

The international research team also included scientists from the Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, the University of Ioannina, the Hellenic Ministry of Culture, and the American School of Classical Studies at Athens.

From Science Daily • May 24, 2026

Troy Jensen: Classical and quantum computing have more similarities than differences.

From Barron's • May 21, 2026

"Classical plays give you language, the ability to speak it and to give a kind of spin to a sentence that you don't have with modern playwriting," she said.

From BBC • Apr. 16, 2026

Most standard music dictionaries and encyclopedias also focus almost exclusively on Western Classical music.

From "Understanding Basic Music Theory" by Catherine Schmidt-Jones and Russel Jones




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