Bennington

American

[ben-ing-tuhn] / ˈbɛn ɪŋ tən /

noun

a town in SW Vermont: defeat of British by the Green Mountain Boys 1777.

Bennington British

/ ˈbɛnɪŋtən /

noun

a town in SW Vermont: the site of a British defeat (1777) in the War of American Independence. Pop: 15 637 (2003 est)

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“There are two competing priorities at Bennington: One is to have a community that is open to many; the other is to bring revenue into a small New England liberal-arts college that needs it.”

From MarketWatch • Apr. 10, 2026

Folan attended Bennington College for two years, and then took off for Rome to study “Italian art and Italian men, in that order,” she told the Cincinnati Enquirer—but “whatever I was looking for wasn’t there.”

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 8, 2026

After graduating from Bennington College in Vermont, he worked in consulting, then moved to Los Angeles to get a masters in economics at the University of Southern California.

From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 24, 2025

On a separate occasion, the student blocked Mr Bennington after receiving a message from him.

From BBC • Dec. 14, 2025

Everybody else on the train, Franny said, looked very Smith, except for two absolutely Vassar types and one absolutely Bennington or Sarah Lawrence type.

From "Franny and Zooey" by J. D. Salinger

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