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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Harvard, Brown, Dartmouth, the University of Pennsylvania and Stanford each restored testing requirements in 2024 or 2025.
From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 11, 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
Now, researchers at Dartmouth have uncovered another impressive ability.
From Science Daily • Jun. 5, 2026
“We want to show students our alumni journeys,” says Joe Catrino, executive director of the Center for Career Design at Dartmouth College.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 28, 2026
He was thinking of those tea ships, the Dartmouth, the Eleanor, the Beaver, great white sails spread softly, sweeping on and on through the night to Boston.
From "Johnny Tremain" by Esther Hoskins Forbes
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