Butterfield
Britishnoun
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Butterfield & Son for $1 billion in cash and 52.1 million Butterfield shares, currently valued at $645 million.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 28, 2026
Jaeden Martell and Asa Butterfield play two very different adolescents in Oscar Boyson’s timely, cynical and incisive feature debut.
From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 26, 2026
During questioning by a Senate committee in 1973, Butterfield made the bombshell disclosure that then-President Richard Nixon had a recording system in the Oval Office.
From BBC • Mar. 10, 2026
Two days ago, Butterfield and Kean were joint second in the standings and looked in a strong position to progress, knowing just one win from their final two games would likely be enough.
From BBC • Mar. 9, 2026
It was his usage, then, not Koyré’s, that Butterfield adopted with some discomfort, believing that it would already be familiar to many of his listeners and readers.
From "The Invention of Science" by David Wootton
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