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State College

American  

noun

  1. a city in central Pennsylvania.


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“Both the District Attorney’s Office and the State College Police Department have reviewed video evidence of this incident and do not believe that a charge of Aggravated Assault is supported by the evidence.”

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 6, 2026

In peacetime, it is a small town the size of Sarasota, Fla., or State College, Pa.

From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 20, 2025

Other co-authors include Jiangang Liao, professor of public health sciences at Penn State College of Medicine, and Camille Moeckel, a fourth-year medical student and research associate at Penn State College of Medicine.

From Science Daily • Nov. 16, 2025

Haitian students at Clark State College in Springfield have broken down in tears in front of him, Dorsainvil said.

From Salon • Aug. 4, 2025

“I have been teaching math for the past eight years and am an honors graduate of the West Virginia State College, with bachelor’s degrees with high honors in mathematics and French.”

From "Reaching for the Moon" by Katherine Johnson