alma mater

Example Sentences

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To some donors, their love for their alma mater may outweigh any tax benefit.

From Salon • Apr. 5, 2026

Now check how much the average professor makes at your alma mater.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 15, 2026

Then they went onto the football field to learn some lessons at the fifth annual Trenton Irwin football camp on Sunday morning held at his alma mater, Hart High.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 9, 2026

After returning to Hungary, in 1960 he became a repetiteur with the Budapest Philharmonic Society, and would later teach piano and chamber music at his alma mater.

From Barron's • Feb. 18, 2026

When Dennis Hoagland and I first met, outside the career services office of my alma mater, I thought it would be a brief affair.

From "Native Speaker" by Chang-rae Lee