Griffith
Americannoun
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Arthur, 1872–1922, Irish nationalist leader: a founder of Sinn Fein.
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D(avid Lewelyn) W(ark) 1875–1948, U.S. film director and producer.
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a town in NW Indiana.
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a male given name, form of Griffin.
noun
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Arthur. 1872–1922, Irish journalist and nationalist: founder of Sinn Féin (1905); president of the Free State assembly (1922)
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D ( avid Lewelyn ) W ( ark ). 1875–1948, US film director and producer. He introduced several cinematic techniques, including the flashback and the fade-out, in his masterpiece The Birth of a Nation (1915)
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In the new study, published in Science Advances, the Griffith researchers examined exceptionally rare skeletal remains belonging to two early human foragers from Sulawesi, Indonesia.
From Science Daily ● Sep. 10, 2026
Archaeologists from Griffith University have found evidence suggesting that humans were using mind-altering substances much earlier in time than scientists once thought.
From Science Daily ● Sep. 10, 2026
Claire Coutinho, previously the shadow energy secretary, will replace Griffith as shadow business secretary amid the ongoing shake-up.
From BBC ● Aug. 31, 2026
Banderas, 66, says his way of educating his own kids, whom he shares with ex-wife Melanie Griffith, was very different.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 24, 2026
Soon afterwards, however, the suspicion that the regularities were important clicked inside his head as the result of several conversations with the young theoretical chemist John Griffith.
From "Double Helix" by James D. Watson
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