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the Ivy League

noun
 
 

Definition

a group of eight respected colleges and universities in the northeast of the US: an Ivy League educationUniversity and college education
(Definition of the Ivy League noun from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus © Cambridge University Press)

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