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).

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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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Princeton

Arthur Dogariu, affiliated with Texas A&M University and Princeton University, co-authored the research and contributed to the experimental measurements.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 9, 2026

The secretary may have gone to Princeton University, but he hasn’t yet grasped the concept of irony.

From Salon ● Oct. 7, 2026

"He was very idealistic...in a technical or scientific sense," recalls Michael Berry, an associate professor at the Princeton Neuroscience Institute who advised Amodei's doctoral work in the late 2000s.

From Barron's ● Oct. 2, 2026

Ms. Fritz, a mezzo-soprano and music historian who teaches at the Westminster Conservatory in Princeton, N.J., is more assured in describing Clara’s musical life.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 25, 2026

Two Princeton University geology professors received word that a meteor had fallen just a few miles away from campus.

From "Spooked!" by Gail Jarrow