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stony

[stoh-nee] / ˈstoʊ ni /


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He is now an assistant professor at Stony Brook University.

From Science Daily • May 29, 2026

Laura has an undergraduate degree from Stony Brook University on Long Island, where she studied journalism and political science.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 28, 2026

The film score uses Fergus's track Stony Gate throughout, incorporating it into the main score composed by Howard Dressin.

From BBC • Aug. 15, 2025

“This trackway is particularly beautifully preserved,” says paleoanthropologist Louise Leakey of Stony Brook University and director of the Koobi Fora Research Project.

From Science Magazine • Nov. 27, 2024

Past the covered bridge over Sand Branch we turned into Stony Lonesome Road and hit the first hole hard.

From "The Teacher’s Funeral" by Richard Peck




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