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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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After including her information in tax forms from the previous year, the university did not disclose compensation figures from 2024 for USC athletic director Jennifer Cohen.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 9, 2026

A couple could potentially pay $50,000 in tuition directly to a university, then each give the student $19,000 for living expenses, transferring $88,000 in a single year with no gift-tax return required.

From MarketWatch • Jun. 9, 2026

Home and car insurers are joining other deep-pocketed institutions from life insurance companies to university endowments in snapping up private investments.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 8, 2026

Edwards, whose children are now aged 18 and 20 and at university, said he found it "just bizarre".

From BBC • Jun. 7, 2026

He doesn’t know any local people in Manila, besides the priests at the university and two other men from the Grant who’d been stranded with him.

From "At Last She Stood" by Erin Entrada Kelly




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