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Griswold

American  
[griz-wawld, -wuhld] / ˈgrɪz wɔld, -wəld /

noun

  1. Erwin Nathaniel, 1904–1994, U.S. lawyer and educator: dean of Harvard University Law School 1950–67.

  2. a male given name.


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Griswold, a 2023 Brown University graduate, spent two years as a Meta product manager before her elevation.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 26, 2026

Describing themselves as carpenters, mechanics and sheep-shearers, Deach and Griswold were gathered at a Ralphs parking lot with others displaced by the destruction.

From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 8, 2025

Then, Watanabe and Griswold worked with theoretical biophysics colleague Padmini Rangamani, Ph.D., professor of pharmacology at University of California San Diego School of Medicine, to look more closely at axons' physical properties.

From Science Daily • Dec. 2, 2024

But Jacqueline Griswold, a graduate student in Watanabe’s lab, found something different in mouse neurons preserved with a technique called high-pressure freezing.

From Science Magazine • Dec. 2, 2024

That night in bed, Emily distracted herself from worrying about Mr. Griswold and Book Scavenger by reading the new book she’d found.

From "Book Scavenger" by Jennifer Chambliss Bertman

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