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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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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

Among Canadian cities, the total solar eclipse will be the longest in Sherbrooke, Quebec, where it will last 3 minutes and 26 seconds.

From BBC • Apr. 4, 2024

I'm near the top of the waiting list for the Sherbrooke Residence Apartments.

From "Doing Time Online" by Jan Siebold