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Sherbrooke

American  
[shur-brook] / ˈʃɜr brʊk /

noun

  1. a city in S Quebec, in SE Canada.


Sherbrooke British  
/ ˈʃɜːˌbrʊk /

noun

  1. a city in E Canada, in S Quebec: university. It is an industrial and commercial centre. Pop: 127 354 (2001)

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The experimental findings were supported by first-principles calculations based on density functional theory, performed by a theoretical team led by Dr. Maia G. Vergniory of the Donostia International Physics Center and Université de Sherbrooke.

From Science Daily Jun. 5, 2026

Jover has been pondering these questions for more than 15 years, ever since he spent two years studying at the University of Sherbrooke in Quebec.

From The Wall Street Journal Oct. 26, 2025

Fanie Pelletier, an ecologist at Université de Sherbrooke in Quebec who studies bighorn sheep, and was not involved in the goat study, was surprised by the high avalanche mortality rate.

From New York Times May 1, 2024

“The response has been uneven across the world, and it’s a very sad, very eye-opening situation,” says Ayman Oweida, a Palestinian cancer immunologist at Sherbrooke.

From Science Magazine Apr. 7, 2024

Patrick and Lisa have my name on a waiting list for a place right there in Sherbrooke.

From "Doing Time Online" by Jan Siebold

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