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Medford

American  
[med-ferd] / ˈmɛd fərd /

noun

  1. a city in E Massachusetts, near Boston.

  2. a city in SW Oregon.


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At 11, I moved in with my father back in Medford.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 3, 2026

Susan Prunty’s bakery in Medford, Ore., sold about 25 Christmas cookie decorating kits through the middle of last December, complete with a dozen freshly baked sugar cookies, buttercream frosting, and sprinkles.

From Barron's • Dec. 24, 2025

Davidson was on the bench, in foul trouble, for a long stretch of the state championship game against South Medford.

From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 14, 2025

“A business is an operation to make money and to expand. And to expand, you have to find more blue zones,” says Anthony Medford, a demographer at the University of Southern Denmark.

From Science Magazine • Nov. 20, 2024

Ellsberg instructed Bagdikian to get confirmation from his bosses, and then to travel immediately to Boston and check into a particular motel under the name Mr. Medford.

From "Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War" by Steve Sheinkin

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