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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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Matsumoto got his Ph.D. in economics from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill in 2015.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 20, 2026

I also met Maureen Reinecke, 17 at the time of the bombing, who’d returned home with her mother from a college interview at Chapel Hill.

From Slate Jul. 7, 2026

Ms. DuVal, a professor at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, is the author of “Independence Lost: Lives on the Edge of the American Revolution.”

From The Wall Street Journal Jun. 26, 2026

"It is a pretty aggressive grower," Hans Paerl, a professor of marine and environmental sciences at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, told the magazine.

From Barron's Jun. 21, 2026

Like I said, we didn’t shower after physical education at Chapel Hill High School.

From "Darius the Great Is Not Okay" by Adib Khorram

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