How to Use university in a Sentence
university
noun- He lives near the university.
- I applied to several public universities.
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The owner of the home donated it to the university after the killings.
— Phil Helsel, NBC News, 15 Dec. 2023 -
The university produced a report on the radar findings as part of its work on the site.
— Courtney Tanner, The Salt Lake Tribune, 11 July 2023 -
The university needs to stand up and say that, Offit said.
— Jack Stripling, Washington Post, 4 Jan. 2023 -
Amid the grief were a number of unanswered questions: What drove the gunman to open fire at the university?
— Jenny Gross, New York Times, 22 Dec. 2023 -
And that’s why Lisa chose to attend the university where Ruth teaches.
— Myrna Petlicki, Chicago Tribune, 12 July 2023 -
People wishing to add to the fund may do so at the university’s website.
— Kory Grow, Rolling Stone, 3 May 2023 -
The nickname is a nod to the agricultural roots of the two land-grant universities.
— Tom Layberger, Forbes, 27 Nov. 2024 -
That’s because the university’s posh set loll about campus in the sloppy-chic trends and labels of the mid-aughts.
— Fawnia Soo Hoo, The Hollywood Reporter, 20 Dec. 2023 -
The killings stunned students at both universities and left the small city of Moscow deeply shaken.
— CBS News, 9 Sep. 2024 -
That’s the way it’s supposed to turn out for alums of a city’s two most prestigious universities, right?
— Steve Henson, Los Angeles Times, 23 Oct. 2024 -
And that came on top of $12.2 million in direct support from the university.
— Jon Wilner, The Mercury News, 17 Apr. 2024 -
Plans for the university to upgrade the space started as far back as eight years ago, Farden said.
— Alex Vejar, The Salt Lake Tribune, 17 Aug. 2023 -
The girls that want to be a part of Greek life at the university have racked up thousands of followers and millions of views on TikTok.
— Bianca Harris, USA TODAY, 16 Aug. 2024 -
The hearing, on Zoom, included the university’s lawyer and the rector.
— Masha Gessen, The New Yorker, 8 Nov. 2023 -
In his ten years at the university, he’s taught up to five classes in a semester, or as few as two classes.
— Debbie Truong, Los Angeles Times, 22 Dec. 2023 -
But music has sparked a new dream for her: studying Maya at the university level next year.
— Whitney Eulich, The Christian Science Monitor, 12 Apr. 2023 -
And her accent was picked up at university in Durham rather than in her hometown of Sydney.
— Kate Lloyd, Vogue, 24 Nov. 2022 -
Can the party of the universities, the affluent suburbs and the hipster urban cores do this?
— David Brooks, The Mercury News, 9 Nov. 2024 -
This list is then used by students and employers to judge the merits of the college or university.
— Leah Asmelash, CNN, 16 Nov. 2022 -
As provost, Woodruff is responsible for the day-to-day running of the academic side of the university.
— David Jesse, Detroit Free Press, 31 Oct. 2022 -
Aiden Sayin is playing in the Ivy League, with Penn a university that has a nine percent acceptance rate.
— John Maffei, San Diego Union-Tribune, 17 Nov. 2022 -
Camilla has served as Chancellor of the university since 2013 and came out to tour the new Science Teaching Hub.
— Janine Henni, Peoplemag, 18 Jan. 2023 -
The Big 12 is loaded with massive universities and centered in the Southern Plains.
— Jon Wilner, The Mercury News, 3 Apr. 2024 -
With player tokens, the breakdown is 60 % to the player, 12 % to the university, and the balance to cover expenses or to NextName.
— Myrna Petlicki, Chicago Tribune, 2 Dec. 2022 -
How does the university provost feel that his stepsister is in his classroom?
— Ej Dickson, Rolling Stone, 30 Apr. 2024 -
The teams plan to work on the designs through the spring semester before choosing one to submit to the university for approval this summer.
— Sally Krutzig, Idaho Statesman, 15 Feb. 2024 -
Some could sue to gain even longer collegiate careers, with athletes using university graduate programs to play college sports well into their 20s or even beyond.
— Michael McCann, Sportico.com, 22 Dec. 2024 -
Benjamin Laker is a university professor who’s been writing about leadership and strategy on Forbes since early 2020.
— Benjamin Laker, Forbes, 23 Dec. 2024
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