alma mater
Example Sentences
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As a teen who obsessively watched movies, he set his sights on New York University’s film school, the alma mater of Martin Scorsese, who directed Ratner’s favorite movie, “Raging Bull.”
“We could have had 100 points. That’s not me. I have respect for my alma mater.”
From Los Angeles Times
Then, just before the bowl game, Lynn left for the same job at his alma mater, Penn State, after rejecting the school’s advances a year earlier.
From Los Angeles Times
Hannah graduated from UNC-Chapel Hill with a degree in business journalism and grew up in the same town as her alma mater.
David Greenwood, one of the best high school basketball players in Southern California history, will have his jersey retired on Friday night during a ceremony at his alma mater, Verbum Dei.
From Los Angeles Times
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