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Chapel Hill

American  

noun

  1. a city in central North Carolina.


Chapel Hill Cultural  
  1. Town in central North Carolina.


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Seat of the University of North Carolina and a center of research.

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He said at a September UNC Chapel Hill trustees meeting that it had made an initial investment with a venture capital fund in 2009 and, “17 years later, we are now harvesting an enormous gain.”

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 15, 2026

Katugam-Dechene received her doctorate from Penn State and currently serves as a research assistant professor of biomedical and rehabilitation engineering at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 14, 2026

Jones grew up in Virginia and North Carolina before eventually attending the University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, to study writing.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 11, 2026

So when Erle enrolled at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, he was already holding 91 of the 120 credit hours he needed for his degree.

From MarketWatch ● Aug. 4, 2026

“I’m in at Chapel Hill, and it comes with enough money.”

From "Merci Suárez Changes Gears" by Meg Medina

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