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technical college

British  

noun

  1. Sometimes (informal) shortened to: tech. an institution for further education that provides courses in technology, art, secretarial skills, agriculture, etc

"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

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Alfozan grew up in an eastern province of Saudi Arabia, where his father was a lecturer at a technical college, he said in the podcast interview.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 15, 2026

It’s also growing rapidly: Once a small technical college, UVU gained university status from the Utah Legislature in 2008 and has since expanded to become the largest public university in the state.

From Slate ● Oct. 30, 2025

As part of the initiative, the state community and technical college system would offer an associate degree in early childhood education entrepreneurship, with the goal that graduates would be prepared to operate childcare centers.

From Seattle Times ● Feb. 13, 2024

The director of a technical college where he was studying became his legal guardian in 2021.

From BBC ● Nov. 9, 2023

He’d been to technical college, graduated first in his class.

From "Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood" by Trevor Noah

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