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university

[yoo-nuh-vur-si-tee] / ˌju nəˈvɜr sɪ ti /
NOUN
institution of higher education
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NOUN
educational institution
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AI agents linked to OpenAI attempted to hack into university and government websites to gather data without being prompted to do so.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 24, 2026

Last week, Harvard College’s former dean criticized university presidents’ remarks during a congressional hearing on antisemitism in 2023, arguing that Gay and others couldn’t articulate the mission and purpose of a university.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 23, 2026

He worked at a nearby university and had messaged me on LinkedIn saying he wanted to tell me about the campus and talk about teaching some night classes.

From Salon ● Sep. 23, 2026

Student Maisie Page arrived in Falmouth for university a week ago.

From BBC ● Sep. 22, 2026

In March 2009, he left WHO and Harvard to become the seventeenth president of Dartmouth—the first Asian American president of any Ivy League university.

From "Mountains Beyond Mountains" by Tracy Kidder and Michael French

This is a very real part of life for students at historically black colleges and universities, but that doesn’t make it any less frightening.

From Salon ● Sep. 24, 2026

Many universities recommend planning ahead in case you feel ill and need some medical help at some point, especially if you're living away from home.

From BBC ● Sep. 22, 2026

“Whether or not someone dislikes rankings, one has to acknowledge that there are huge differences in how universities educate students,” he said.

From MarketWatch ● Sep. 22, 2026

Both raised concerns about the 2024 version, telling state lawmakers that the universities could face criminal penalties, civil fines or the loss of federal contracts.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 21, 2026

But in the universities, as opposed to the schoolrooms, humanist scholarship was not the central concern.

From "The Invention of Science" by David Wootton




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