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Grafton

American  
[graf-tuhn, grahf-] / ˈgræf tən, ˈgrɑf- /

noun

  1. Sue, 1940–2017, U.S. detective novelist.

  2. a city in central Massachusetts.


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Ian Tyler, currently chair of building materials firm Grafton Group and senior independent director at mining giant Anglo American, will take over as interim chair while the firm searches for a permanent successor.

From MarketWatch May 26, 2026

After studying at the Grafton Academy of Fashion Design he moved to Paris where he took a course at the Chambre Syndicale de la Haute Couture in Paris.

From BBC Nov. 22, 2025

Corstorphine and Wright, the company designing the scheme, said the Grafton had been "in decline" over recent years.

From BBC May 15, 2025

Archaeologists have been excavating a Cambridge car park as part of a multi-million pound project to turn the Grafton shopping centre into labs and offices.

From BBC Apr. 27, 2025

It looks almost like the Grafton Hill projects, except these brick buildings barely have any windows.

From "Like Vanessa" by Tami Charles

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