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alma mater

[ahl-muh mah-ter, al-, al-muh may-ter] / ˈɑl mə ˈmɑ tər, ˈæl-, ˈæl mə ˈmeɪ tər /


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In August, students and teachers formed a human chain at his Bangladesh alma mater.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 1, 2026

On Friday, their son, Beong-Soo Kim, will stand before a crowd of thousands in Alumni Park and be formally installed as the 13th president of their alma mater.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 16, 2026

CMU may not have the headline-grabbing power of say, Harvard University, Griffin’s alma mater, but it’s still a top-ranked school with resources, including a $3.5 billion endowment.

From MarketWatch ● Sep. 30, 2026

BBC Sport spoke to families at Wembley who have had multiple generations attend the same school and alumni who now live all over the US but travel thousands of miles to watch their alma mater.

From BBC ● Sep. 20, 2026

One of them was from my alma mater, the University of Chicago.

From "The Martian" by Andy Weir


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