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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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Recently acquired tax records also show that the university spent $6.1 million to bring in basketball coach Eric Musselman.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 10, 2026

The sisters, who have always been close and lived together at university, only discovered they were identical twins after Caitlin's diagnosis.

From BBC • 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

He had graduated from the university two years before and was now in his last months of theological school.

From "The Hiding Place" by Corrie ten Boom




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