alma mater
Example Sentences
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During a 2024 commencement address to his alma mater at the University of Pennsylvania engineering school, Ternus relayed a story about making the Cinema Display, the first Apple product he worked on a quarter-century ago.
From Barron's • Apr. 22, 2026
We have no heirs and plan to leave our assets to an endowed scholarship at my alma mater, plus a smaller gift to a local university program.
From MarketWatch • Apr. 8, 2026
He has instituted a system closer to that of his alma mater, Cravath, Swaine & Moore, where associates move less freely between working for different partners.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 6, 2026
To some donors, their love for their alma mater may outweigh any tax benefit.
From Salon • Apr. 5, 2026
He didn’t want to attend his father’s alma mater, and live in an apartment in Central Square as his parents once had, and revisit the streets about which his parents speak nostalgically.
From "The Namesake" by Jhumpa Lahiri
