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universities

NOUN
institution of higher education
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NOUN
educational institution
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The project is the largest nutrition trial conducted in Europe and involved the University of Navarra along with more than 200 researchers from 22 other Spanish universities, hospitals, and research centers.

From Science Daily • May 19, 2026

The tour’s stops have been exclusively at evangelical churches and universities with crowds that don’t look especially different than what you’d get on any given Sunday at those locations.

From Salon • May 17, 2026

We are in a moment when the institutions that produce and transmit knowledge—K–12 schools, universities, archives, and media outlets—are under sustained pressure.

From Slate • May 14, 2026

Much of the energy is coming from public universities, and state lawmakers have done good work with efforts to expand viewpoint diversity and civil debate.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 12, 2026

The willingness of the two universities to share Robert Oppenheimer attested to the scarcity of qualified theoretical physicists in American academia, especially theoreticians of Oppenheimer’s distinction.

From "Big Science" by Michael Hiltzik



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