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What to Know Swanson formally launched his campaign at a community college in Flint on Thursday night.
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Yaakov Katz, Newsweek, 7 Feb. 2025
The most dangerous person out there is a person who has taken Psychology 101 at any college or community college during their educational pursuits.
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Beth Anderson, Twin Cities, 6 Feb. 2025
The community college campus, located at 900 Otay Lakes Road in Chula Vista, is serving as an evacuation site for residents who were ordered to leave their homes.
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Teri Figueroa, San Diego Union-Tribune, 24 Jan. 2025
But when Scott was nine years old his dad, Dougald, a biology professor at a community college, gave him a portable black-and-white TV set.
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Rachel Syme, The New Yorker, 23 Dec. 2024
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First Known Use
1922, in the meaning defined above
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The first known use of community college was
in 1922
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“Community college.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/community%20college. Accessed 20 Feb. 2025.
Kids Definition
community college
noun
: a public junior college that fits its instruction to the community's needs
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