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Grainger

American

[greyn-jer] / ˈgreɪn dʒər /

noun

Percy Aldridge 1882–1961, Australian pianist and composer, in the U.S. after 1915.

Grainger British

/ ˈɡreɪndʒə /

noun

Percy Aldridge. 1882–1961, Australian pianist, composer, and collector of folk music on which many of his works are based

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Georgia Grainger, who runs a popular TikTok account, brought people together for watch parties.

From BBC • Feb. 17, 2026

Grainger typically trade for closer to 30 times and 25 times, respectively.

From Barron's • Feb. 17, 2026

Researchers at the Department of Materials Science and Engineering at The Grainger College of Engineering have identified the first physical mechanism explaining how magnetic fields slow the movement of carbon atoms through iron.

From Science Daily • Jan. 26, 2026

Dallas Trinkle is a professor in the Department of Materials Science and Engineering at Illinois Grainger Engineering and is affiliated with the Materials Research Laboratory.

From Science Daily • Jan. 26, 2026

The Grainger rock, once a favourite breeding-place of the daws at that point, has long since fallen into the sea, and the saying has perhaps died out.

From Birds and Man by Hudson, W. H. (William Henry)

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