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
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Toby Markham believed the hiring game had finally swung in his favor.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 13, 2025
“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.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 13, 2025
Now, on his day off, he was at Edwin Markham Middle School in Watts to encourage students and hand out backpacks donated by a credit union.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 13, 2024
Christopher Farr Cloth invited 21 designers, including Thomas Jayne, Robert Couturier and Markham Roberts, to recolor Carnival, one of its classic patterns, to celebrate its 20th anniversary.
From Seattle Times ● Mar. 19, 2024
Markham took the news quite casually when I walked into his office and told him that he might acquire a model student who would never bother him by cluttering up his lab with experimental apparatus.
From "Double Helix" by James D. Watson
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