Bloomfield

American

[bloom-feeld] / ˈblumˌfild /

noun

Leonard, 1887–1949, U.S. linguist and educator.
a city in NE New Jersey.
a town in N Connecticut.

Bloomfield British

/ ˈbluːmˌfiːld /

noun

Leonard . 1887–1949, US linguist, influential for his strictly scientific and descriptive approach to comparative linguistics; author of Language (1933)

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To investigate, Sweet and Bloomfield compared tumors that developed from ordinary diploid cancer cells with those formed from tetraploid cancer cells.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 15, 2026

"This is likely to be a protracted incident, with crews remaining on scene into the morning," Bloomfield added.

From BBC ● Jun. 8, 2026

Bloomfield has been a big spender in recent school board election cycles.

From Los Angeles Times ● May 29, 2026

“It may be that the ring can detect something out of whack but then our bodies fight it off,” Ricky Bloomfield, the chief medical officer at Oura told me in an interview.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 29, 2026

But the player librarians all over the country were raving about most was Marjory Muldauer from Bloomfield Hills, Michigan.

From "Mr. Lemoncello's Library Olympics" by Chris Grabenstein

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