Garfield
Americannoun
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James Abram, 1831–81, 20th president of the U.S., 1881.
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a city in NE New Jersey.
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a male given name.
noun
Example Sentences
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Garfield, a pediatrician at Ann & Robert H. Lurie Children's Hospital of Chicago, said his experiences with families in the neonatal intensive care unit helped motivate the research.
From Science Daily ● Oct. 8, 2026
Garfield hopes other states will conduct similar analyses of their own records.
From Science Daily ● Oct. 8, 2026
Oddly, the hero of Mr. Greengrass’s saga is neither of these much-discussed figures but a fictional character known only as Ploughman and played by Andrew Garfield.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 10, 2026
Garfield wasn't the only guest to seem to really hit it off with the host.
From BBC ● Sep. 5, 2026
The message from Attorney General Wayne MacVeagh, on behalf of the entire cabinet, informed Arthur that Garfield had died.
From "Ambushed!" by Gail Jarrow
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