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Guilford

American  
[gil-ferd] / ˈgɪl fərd /

noun

  1. a town in S Connecticut, on Long Island Sound.


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This week, the Guilford County board rejected pleas from students at North Carolina A&T, the country’s largest historically Black university, for a site near the center of campus.

From Slate Jul. 23, 2026

He was released Sunday after posting a $20,500 bond at the Turner Guilford Knight Correctional Center.

From Los Angeles Times Feb. 10, 2026

Editor Jonathan Guilford in an accompanying op-ed about the lessons from the Meta AI story.

From Salon Aug. 14, 2025

Mr Routh was charged and convicted of numerous felony offences in Guilford County in North Carolina between 2002 and 2010, CBS reported.

From BBC Sep. 16, 2024

His three eldest sons being already married, the fourth, who was named Lord Guilford Dudley, was accordingly wedded to Lady Jane Grey about the end of May 1553.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 12, Slice 5 "Greek Law" to "Ground-Squirrel" by Various

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