Dartmouth
Americannoun
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a coastal city in S Nova Scotia, in SE Canada, on Halifax harbor, across from Halifax.
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a city in SE Massachusetts.
noun
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a port in SW England, in S Devon: Royal Naval College (1905). Pop: 5512 (2001)
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a city in SE Canada, in S Nova Scotia, on Halifax Harbour: oil refineries and shipyards. Pop: 65 741 (2001)
Example Sentences
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But this evidently is not the case, said Alessandro Previtero of Indiana University, who co-authored the study with Borja Larrain of the Pontifical Catholic University of Chile and Felipe Severino of Dartmouth College.
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 2, 2026
Tuohey’s decision to walk back the voluntary decision to divest more broadly is at odds with other Ivy League schools, including Brown, Dartmouth, and Harvard.
From Barron's ● Jun. 10, 2026
"We don't enter the world knowing how to use a mirror but learn how to use a mirror," says senior author and cognitive neuroscientist Peter Tse, a professor of psychological and brain sciences at Dartmouth.
From Science Daily ● Jun. 5, 2026
After college, you moved to Brooklyn with two Dartmouth friends to pursue a career in comedy.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 2, 2026
Reilly had begun his medical career at the medical center at Dartmouth College, a beautiful, prosperous state-of-the-art hospital nestled in the breezy, rolling hills of New Hampshire.
From "Blink" by Malcolm Gladwell
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