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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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There are plenty of critics who insist there is little or no proper use of AI in the university, since it enables cheating and robs students of the challenge of truly learning.

From The Wall Street Journal Sep. 20, 2026

In a statement, UC spokesperson Rachel Zaentz said the policy is “designed to protect members of the university community from discrimination and harassment, not to regulate protected speech.”

From Los Angeles Times Sep. 19, 2026

Now they were at university - Yusron in the capital Jakarta, and Ziadatur in Cairo, Egypt - and had begun reminiscing over the phone about their school days.

From BBC Sep. 19, 2026

She added: “The university takes all reports of harassment seriously, including those involving gender identity, and applies the same legal standards to these reports as it does to all allegations of harassment.”

From Los Angeles Times Sep. 19, 2026

Whether Willem, when he graduated, would get the scholarship that would let him go on to the university.

From "The Hiding Place" by Corrie ten Boom

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

FFRDCs are government-funded, privately operated research centers that include private, non-profit think tanks and major research universities.

From MarketWatch Sep. 19, 2026

He attended the universities of Illinois and Chicago but didn’t graduate and had no known ties to the University of Michigan before meeting Jolin.

From The Wall Street Journal Sep. 18, 2026

Sures cited research from Brown and Harvard universities that he said found test scores predict college success better than high school grades.

From Los Angeles Times Sep. 17, 2026

And it doesn’t have to be in London because I don’t like London and there are universities in lots of places and not all of them are in big cities.

From "The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time" by Mark Haddon




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