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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Their voyages were iconic: The former piggybacked atop a Boeing 747, past the Hollywood Sign and Griffith Observatory, before landing at LAX.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 28, 2026
There have also been calls from Labour MP Nia Griffith to give the Welsh government greater flexibility to borrow to fund investment projects.
From BBC ● Oct. 27, 2026
Griffith Park is one of my favorite places anywhere, so I’d kind of march around there for a couple of hours.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 23, 2026
Mattel on Monday said it has hired Amgen executive Peter Griffith as its new chief financial officer, replacing Paul Ruh, who joined the El Segundo, Calif., company as finance chief in May 2025.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 19, 2026
Funeral services for Warren Wright, 17, will be held Friday, February 19, at 11 a.m. at the Walter E. Griffith Funeral Home, 5636 Brownsville Road.
From "Little Fires Everywhere" by Celeste Ng
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