Markham
Americannoun
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Beryl, 1902–86, English aviation pioneer: first woman to fly solo over the Atlantic Ocean east to west 1936.
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(Charles) Edwin, 1852–1940, U.S. poet.
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Mount, a mountain in Antarctica, SW of the Ross Sea. 15,100 feet (4,600 meters).
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a town in SE Ontario, in S Canada, near Toronto.
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a city in NE Illinois, near Chicago.
noun
Example Sentences
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MARKHAM, Canada — Suburban Toronto is more than 2,000 miles from Mexico City, but in many ways it might as well be in another universe.
From Los Angeles Times
"His passing is a sad loss to us all," said his agents Markham, Froggatt and Irwin.
From BBC
When tech companies went on a recruiting spree a few years ago, Markham, 48, saw a chance to turn his computer-programming hobby into a more lucrative career.
“That’s part of what made me believe in skills-based hiring,” says Markham, who is working at a restaurant again while hunting for a tech job.
Toby Markham believed the hiring game had finally swung in his favor.
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