Besançon
Americannoun
noun
Example Sentences
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An assistant professor in data visualization at Linköping University in Sweden, Besançon began investigating COVID-related research after noticing hundreds of papers were published as peer reviewed only a day after being submitted.
From Salon • Mar. 11, 2026
“It will be up to the court of Besançon to decide,” Mr. Manteaux said.
From New York Times • Dec. 31, 2022
On one of these, kept at Besançon, the recipient had made an informal translation.
From BBC • Nov. 26, 2022
At 14, Mr. Mesnier began a three-year pastry apprenticeship in Besançon, earning the equivalent of $1 a month.
From Washington Post • Aug. 27, 2022
I had not thought of it, that those might be the slaves of the plantation Besançon!
From The Quadroon Adventures in the Far West by Reid, Mayne
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