Bennington
Americannoun
noun
Example Sentences
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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
The court heard he appeared to be motivated by a desire for the council to excavate a site at Long Bennington.
From BBC ● Jan. 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
Through the screen door we could see a dark, cool lobby and, behind the desk, a man of about sixty, his half-moon glasses pulled low on his nose, reading a copy of the Bennington Banner.
From "The Secret History" by Donna Tartt
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