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State College

American  

noun

  1. a city in central Pennsylvania.


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And about 75 fans heeded Gonzalez’s call for a protest, gathering in front of the Angel Stadium State College Boulevard entrance on Saturday chanting “sell the team,” “we want playoffs” and “winning matters.”

From Los Angeles Times • May 25, 2026

Cannon was born in New York City and raised in Reno, Nev., where he attended the University of Nevada in Reno and later San Francisco State College.

From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 20, 2025

Other co-authors include Jiangang Liao, professor of public health sciences at Penn State College of Medicine, and Camille Moeckel, a fourth-year medical student and research associate at Penn State College of Medicine.

From Science Daily • Nov. 16, 2025

To understand just how remarkable Saturday’s game became, as it approached midnight in State College, Pa., you first have to understand just how dull it was just after kickoff some four hours earlier.

From The Wall Street Journal • Sep. 28, 2025

Dad started work at Arizona State College, and Mom stayed home and started having babies.

From "Mississippi Trial, 1955" by Chris Crowe

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