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
  • 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
  • Can the party of the universities, the affluent suburbs and the hipster urban cores do this?
    David Brooks, The Mercury News, 9 Nov. 2024
  • 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
  • On Wednesday night, family members of the victims came to the university and spoke at a vigil.
    Emily Mae Czachor, CBS News, 1 Dec. 2022
  • 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
  • Peyton Hall, 18, of South Jordan, was pronounced dead at the scene, according to the university.
    Scott D. Pierce, The Salt Lake Tribune, 5 Dec. 2022
  • The university projected a $8.6 million structural deficit for this fiscal year, down from $15 million last year.
    Hope Karnopp, Journal Sentinel, 29 Nov. 2024
  • Nearly $20 million will go to electrify the university’s BruinBus fleet and install underground charging for shuttles and buses along a route that stretches for less than a mile in Westwood.
    Colleen Shalby, Los Angeles Times, 29 Nov. 2024

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