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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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Last year, the university agreed to pay $200 million to the federal government to settle allegations that it failed to protect Jewish students.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 22, 2026

Far from being students themselves, the candidates are made up of teachers and university professors, actors and doctors, farmers and scientists.

From BBC ● Oct. 22, 2026

The elite university was only 125 miles away, but it might as well have been across the ocean from the working-class world Becerra was raised in.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 21, 2026

Schmidt cites a risk-averse culture, high energy costs, low university funding and above all, over-regulation.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 21, 2026

Telegrams pour into the university from terrified parents who want their children to come home.

From "At Last She Stood" by Erin Entrada Kelly

Private lenders have been gearing up for increased interest from students, families and universities.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 22, 2026

"The universities have taken students on in the anticipation that they will receive funding from the department," he said.

From BBC ● Oct. 20, 2026

Lobbyists, universities and congressional offices abruptly cut off contact.

From Salon ● Oct. 20, 2026

To investigate the lasting effects of COVID-19 on taste, scientists from the University of Colorado Anschutz and two Swedish universities examined 28 people who had experienced taste disturbances for more than a year following infection.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 19, 2026

Namely, why would one of the country’s most academically challenging universities accept me, an applicant whose GPA is probably lower than most, when so many better qualified candidates—at least on paper—have been turned away?

From "Geeks: How Two Lost Boys Rode the Internet Out of Idaho" by Jon Katz


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