Clifford

American  

[klif-erd] / ˈklɪf ərd /

noun

1. Clark McAdams 1906–98, U.S. lawyer and government official.

2. William Kingdon 1845–79, English mathematician and philosopher.

3. a male given name.

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Example Sentences

But in between come some delightful songs by Victor Schertzinger and Clifford Grey; MacDonald’s beguiling femininity and elastic soprano; the sumptuous sets and costumes of Hans Dreier and Travis Banton, respectively; and, most important of all, the ineffable and adorable Chevalier—with his masterly comic timing, amusingly accented English and irresistibly sympathetic manner.

From The Wall Street Journal

Chesapeake Risk Advisors’ Clifford Rossi estimates that severe-delinquency rates could increase by 18%.

From The Wall Street Journal

In a letter to its clients, law firm Clifford Chance advised companies to: "Examine what programs they have in place, what they have committed to and announced publicly, and prepare to demonstrate how their workforce programs and actions comply with US civil rights laws and regulations."

From BBC

So when a PET scan or spinal tap is positive for amyloid plaques, it almost always means there are also tau tangles present, says Dr. Clifford Jack, a radiologist and professor at Mayo Clinic in Rochester, Minn., and first author of the Association’s criteria.

From The Wall Street Journal

A grand jury indicted Clifford Proctor, 60, in September 2024, after the district attorney’s office reopened an investigation into the shooting death of Brendon Glenn.

From Los Angeles Times