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Butterfield

British

/ ˈbʌtəˌfiːld /

noun

William . 1814–1900, British architect of the Gothic Revival; his buildings include Keble College, Oxford (1870) and All Saints, Margaret Street, London (1849–59)

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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

The tapes brought to light by Butterfield revealed what the president knew about the Watergate break-in and his role in covering it up.

From BBC • Mar. 10, 2026

Butterfield resigned from the FAA in 1975 and later worked in the private business sector in California.

From BBC • Mar. 10, 2026

The family-owned Butterfield Market has been around since 1915.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 10, 2026

“Ole Butterfield wrote a lot of bugle calls. You know Butterfield’s Lullaby?”

From "The Killer Angels: The Classic Novel of the Civil War" by Michael Shaara

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