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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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"It's a proxy prime ministerial election in a sense," says Rob Ford, professor of political science at the University of Manchester.

From BBC • Jun. 11, 2026

He was a young economics professor at Chittagong University in Bangladesh visiting a village during a nationwide famine.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 11, 2026

The insect is often found on the stems of plants and grows up to about half-an-inch as fully grown adults, according to the University of California.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 11, 2026

To address this challenge, Prof. Yongdong Jin of the School of Biomedical Engineering at Shenzhen University in China has proposed the "nanozymes hypothesis" for the OoL on Earth.

From Science Daily • Jun. 10, 2026

Dr. Gibson-Gray earned a bachelor’s degree in engineering, and a master’s and doctorate in physics, all from the University of Delaware.

From "The First State of Being" by Erin Entrada Kelly




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