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Clifton

American  
[klif-tuhn] / ˈklɪf tən /

noun

  1. a city in NE New Jersey.

  2. a male given name.


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Strategas’ Washington policy team, led by Daniel Clifton, estimates the Fed’s annual demand for $240 billion to $300 billion of T-bills would take up between 60% and 75% of the Treasury’s issuance of these short-term obligations.

From Barron's

Strategas’ Washington policy team, led by Daniel Clifton, estimates the Fed’s annual demand for $240 billion to $300 billion of T-bills would take up between 60% and 75% of the Treasury’s issuance of these short-term obligations.

From Barron's

The secondary in the York suburb of Clifton only began using the pouches in November, but headteacher Gillian Mills says there has been an "immediate shift" in students' focus.

From BBC

Along with team member Laura Clifton Byrne, an undergraduate at San Francisco State University, he also shadowed foraging chimpanzees, retrieving freshly dislodged fruits from beneath the canopy and measuring their alcohol content.

From Science Daily

Music and football played big roles in Turner’s life while growing up in the Washington, D.C., suburb of Clifton, Va.

From Los Angeles Times