Butterworth
Britishnoun
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George . 1885–1916, British composer, noted for his interest in folk song and his settings of Housman's poems
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Nick . born 1946, English writer and illustrator of children's books, many of which feature Percy, the animal-loving park keeper
Example Sentences
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Now that the ax has fallen, though, Butterworth isn’t sure he has the stomach for another stint in corporate America’s vulnerable middle.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 17, 2026
“I figured this could come one day,” says Alex Butterworth, who was a senior legal counsel at Uber until he was laid off this month as part of the company’s reduction of small-team managers.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 17, 2026
Prof Jon Butterworth of University College London, described the level of cuts as "existentially threatening" to UK particle physics.
From BBC ● Mar. 17, 2026
Then when Jez Butterworth came onboard, it transformed even into something more spectacular and it had a cohesion of characters that was very exciting.
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 27, 2025
It was also introduced on the same day by Benjamin Butterworth of Ohio, as a Republican, and referred to the Committee on Patents, of which he was chairman.
From Copyright: Its History and Its Law by Richard Rogers Bowker
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