Yale
Americannoun
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Elihu, 1648–1721, English colonial official, born in America: governor of Madras 1687–92; principal benefactor of the Collegiate School at Saybrook, Connecticut (now Yale University).
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Mount, a mountain in central Colorado, one of the Collegiate Peaks in the Sawatch Range, in the S Rocky Mountains. 14,196 feet (4,327 meters).
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a male given name.
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Princeton and Yale are also investigating grade inflation on their campuses.
From MarketWatch • May 26, 2026
Yet it simultaneously professes anxiety about an Asian American who has decidedly not stood apart from American institutions and culture: After graduating from Yale Law School, Wang clerked for two Supreme Court justices.
From Slate • May 26, 2026
“The RSF can’t project force any other way right now, so they’re lobbing drones like aerial IEDs,” said Nathaniel Raymond, executive director of the Humanitarian Research Lab at the Yale School of Public Health.
From Los Angeles Times • May 24, 2026
It’s good that Harvard, Yale and Princeton appear to be coming around, but they are late.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 21, 2026
I'd been just another Yale medical student and had never really thought of fighting until I got shut out of an endotracheal intubation seminar and signed up for a boxing class instead.
From "Me Talk Pretty One Day" by David Sedaris
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