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.
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Example Sentences
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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.
From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 13, 2025
He added that he started his venture capital fund Markham Valley Ventures “primarily to uplift minority entrepreneurs.”
From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 14, 2024
Josephine Markham Webster, the boss of Mentor Models agency in Sheffield, was of those to voice anger at the time, and thinks AI generated models are a step backward for the industry.
From BBC • Mar. 6, 2024
Dennis Norwell, blacksmith at Markham Main: "Nobody would let the police in the shops or in the pub, the Taddy. They said, 'We've got to live here when you've gone.' Everybody stuck together."
From BBC • Mar. 2, 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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