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Princeton

American  
[prins-tuhn] / ˈprɪns tən /

noun

  1. a borough in central New Jersey: battle 1777.

  2. Mount, a mountain in central Colorado, one of the Collegiate Peaks of the Sawatch Range, in the S Rocky Mountains. 14,197 feet (4,327 meters).


Princeton British  
/ ˈprɪnstən /

noun

  1. a town in central New Jersey: settled by Quakers in 1696; an important educational centre, seat of Princeton University (founded at Elizabeth in 1747 and moved here in 1756); scene of the battle (1777) during the War of American Independence in which Washington's troops defeated the British on the university campus. Pop: 13 577 (2003 est)

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The Minneapolis-born, Princeton and Harvard graduate served as an infantry platoon leader in Guantanamo Bay and Iraq, where he was awarded the Bronze Star Medal.

From BBC

For example, at Princeton Child Development Institute, adults with autism who have benefited from its behavioral therapy have full or part-time employment rates of 60% to 80%, much higher than the national average of 15%.

From The Wall Street Journal

She graduated with honors from Princeton University and studied in Italy on a Fulbright Scholarship.

From The Wall Street Journal

Pappas began at Colgate as an intern while an undergraduate at Rutgers University and left for four years to earn a Ph.D. in chemistry from Princeton University.

From The Wall Street Journal

The Epstein documents include evidence that administrators and professors at other prestigious colleges and universities like Duke, Yale, Bard, Princeton and Columbia also exchanged messages with Epstein.

From Salon