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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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Hours later, the 25-year-old university student was hopping onto the back of a truck full of other young men, headed for the Spanish territory of Ceuta.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 9, 2026

In light of the closure shuttering certain food options on campus, the university gathered an array of local food trucks — with most meals within the $15 to $20 range, Min said.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 9, 2026

His two older siblings have university degrees and both are still unemployed.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 9, 2026

"The more super-selective the university, the less time they will have," she says.

From BBC Aug. 8, 2026

“I do. I used to. But I’ve been away at boarding school, and then university, and then here…Why bishop takes knight? I can just capture back, improve my pawn structure.”

From "The Bletchley Riddle" by Ruta Sepetys and Steve Sheinkin

For students at other universities, campus dining varies in affordability.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 9, 2026

Clearing is how universities and colleges fill any places that they still have on their courses and how students can change their course or place of study.

From BBC Aug. 8, 2026

Before Nazi Germany revoked her civic belonging, universities offered Arendt a more exalted citizenship.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 7, 2026

The paper recommended changing the curriculum in universities to make it more inclusive and less "Eurocentric".

From BBC Aug. 7, 2026

It has, to be sure, linkages of various kinds, arrangements with outside universities for certain graduate programs, and it adheres delicately, somewhat ambiguously, to the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institute just up the street.

From "The Lives of a Cell" by Lewis Thomas




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