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Rochester

[roch-es-ter, -uh-ster]

noun

  1. John Wilmot, 2nd Earl of, 1647–80, English poet and courtier.

  2. a city in W New York, on the Genesee River.

  3. a town in SE Minnesota.

  4. a city in N Kent, in SE England.

  5. a city in SE New Hampshire.



Rochester

1

/ ˈrɒtʃɪstə /

noun

  1. a city in SE England, in Medway unitary authority, Kent, on the River Medway. Pop: 27 123 (2001)

  2. a city in NW New York State, on Lake Ontario. Pop: 215 093 (2003 est)

  3. a city in the US, in Minnesota: site of the Mayo Clinic. Pop: 92 507 (2003 est)

“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

Rochester

2

/ ˈrɒtʃɪstə /

noun

  1. 2nd Earl of , title of John Wilmot . 1647–80, English poet, wit, and libertine. His poems include satires, notably A Satire against Mankind (1675), love lyrics, and bawdy verse

“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

Rochester

  1. City in western New York.

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Catherine Weller, manager at City Way Nursery in Rochester, said she "completely" understands if parents are concerned but that children were safe at nursery "if everything that should be in place is there".

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“It’s important not to back them into a corner,” says Carol Podgorski, professor of psychiatry and marriage and family therapist at the University of Rochester Medical Center.

"It's been pretty challenging," said Mason Leposavic, who has applied to thousands of jobs since graduating in May 2024 from the Rochester Institute of Technology.

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This work was carried out through a collaboration involving the University of Rochester, Harvard Medical School, and Boston Children's Hospital.

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Researchers at the University of Rochester created algorithms capable of identifying the atomic features that control the complicated chemistry occurring as nanoscale catalysts transform propane into propylene.

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