How to Use university in a Sentence

university

noun
  • He lives near the university.
  • I applied to several public universities.
  • 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
  • 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
  • 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
  • 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 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
  • The Big 12 is loaded with massive universities and centered in the Southern Plains.
    Jon Wilner, The Mercury News, 3 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
  • Around 70% of the university's costs come from personnel.
    The Arizona Republic, 5 Apr. 2024
  • The universities have stifled free speech at every turn.
    Greg Lukianoff, National Review, 25 Oct. 2023
  • For some, how the university navigates the crisis will send a clear message about its commitment to progress.
    USA TODAY, 10 Sep. 2023
  • The accusations were referenced in the university’s letter to the coach this week.
    Dennis Romero, NBC News, 19 Sep. 2023
  • The complaint alleges that the university sanctioned the project and was aware that the students would be operating off-road vehicles and shooting in the desert.
    Christi Carras, Los Angeles Times, 10 Jan. 2024
  • The 4Runner had a white California license plate with the letters M and J, university police said.
    Emily Shapiro, ABC News, 5 Nov. 2023
  • Today the university is world renowned in the medical and hard science fields, and its endowment is more than $42 billion.
    Clay Risen, New York Times, 11 July 2023
  • The university did not adequately do that, the court said in its ruling in February.
    Noah Goldberg, Los Angeles Times, 8 Sep. 2023
  • In its annual ranking, Travel and Leisure named the top 25 U.S. colleges and universities based on the above criteria.
    Nancy Clanton, ajc, 25 July 2023
  • The university must remain in good standing with the agency to receive VA benefits.
    The Arizona Republic, 12 Mar. 2024
  • But, unfortunately for those saddled with student debt, not even the best universities in the world can teach you resilience.
    Orianna Rosa Royle, Fortune, 13 Mar. 2024
  • More than 15 people were killed in a shooting at a Prague university on Thursday, the police said, marking the country’s worst ever mass shooting.
    Jan Lopatka and Jason Hovet, The Christian Science Monitor, 21 Dec. 2023
  • The university is working with external agencies and law enforcement to find the teenager, a spokesperson said by email.
    Alysa Guffey, BostonGlobe.com, 18 Aug. 2023
  • Choose from over two dozen universities, including many SEC schools.
    Moriah Mason, Southern Living, 12 Dec. 2023
  • From her vantage point at the university’s Saluki Stadium, the spectacle disappeared right as the final bit of the sun was extinguished by the moon.
    Adithi Ramakrishnan, Fortune, 5 Apr. 2024
  • The first Pascal code was in operation in 1970 on the university’s computers.
    Brian Murphy, Washington Post, 28 Feb. 2024

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