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Fulbright

Fulbright

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An American senator who created the Fulbright scholarship program
  • proper noun
  • /ˈfʊlˌbraɪt/
: Fulbright
  • Reports from grantees to China continued to reflect a high level of satisfaction with their Fulbright experience.
  • Fulbright Scholar
  • Fulbright Lecturer
  • Fulbright program

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Examples

  • Besides providing the Centre with visiting Fulbright professors, USIS-Singapore funded a number of projects.

    Academic text (2003)

  • The key invitees were all former Fulbright Lecturers at MGU.

    Academic text (2003)

  • I guess I could write something for you to the Fulbright Commission.

    Fiction book (2001)

  • Kelly Amis, a former teacher and Fulbright scholar, has worked for the U.S.

    Blog text (23)

  • In Congress, Senator Fulbright had begun holding hearings on Vietnam.

    Academic text (1998)

  • Theoreticians are hired by foreign universities as resident lecturers, contracted through the Fulbright Commission.

    Academic text (1994)

  • In 1962-63, Sheldon, on a Fulbright fellowship, worked at the Institute for Atomic and Molecular Physics in Amsterdam.

    Academic text (2002)

  • As early as 1980, the first Fulbright Americanist was sent to Beijing Foreign Studies University (BFSU).

    Academic text (1997)

  • An important initiative by MGU was the establishment of the Fulbright Lectureship, now designated as the Sivachev Chair.

    Academic text (2003)

  • The Fulbright program offers scholarships to students from around the world to study in the United States.

Surface Forms

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Etymology

Fulbright is the surname of U.S. Senator J. William Fulbright, who created the international exchange scholarship after World War Two. He wanted people from different countries to learn from each other, which is why his name is linked to international education.