Princeton

American

[prins-tuhn] / ˈprɪns tən /

noun

a borough in central New Jersey: battle 1777.
Mount, a mountain in central Colorado, one of the Collegiate Peaks of the Sawatch Range, in the S Rocky Mountains. 14,197 feet (4,327 meters).

Princeton British

/ ˈprɪnstən /

noun

a town in central New Jersey: settled by Quakers in 1696; an important educational centre, seat of Princeton University (founded at Elizabeth in 1747 and moved here in 1756); scene of the battle (1777) during the War of American Independence in which Washington's troops defeated the British on the university campus. Pop: 13 577 (2003 est)

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The Epstein documents include evidence that administrators and professors at other prestigious colleges and universities like Duke, Yale, Bard, Princeton and Columbia also exchanged messages with Epstein.

From Salon

Among the most prominent were Duke, UCLA, Princeton, the University of Virginia, the University of Arizona, and Cornell.

From Literature

She graduated with honors from Princeton University and completed a Fulbright Scholarship.

From The Wall Street Journal

Princeton University is lowering expectations for its endowment’s returns because its private-capital investments have disappointed.

From The Wall Street Journal

I wanted Princeton because that was where Mom went, and I couldn’t imagine going anywhere else.

From Literature

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