Meredith

American

[mer-i-dith] / ˈmɛr ɪ dɪθ /

noun

George, 1828–1909, English novelist and poet.
James Howard, born 1933, U.S. civil rights advocate and author.
Owen, pen name of Edward Robert Bulwer Lytton, 1st Earl Lytton.
Also Meredyth. a male or female given name.

Meredith British

/ ˈmɛrɪdɪθ /

noun

George . 1828–1909, English novelist and poet. His works, notable for their social satire and analysis of character, include the novels Beauchamp's Career (1876) and The Egoist (1879) and the long tragic poem Modern Love (1862)

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Her friend Ineke Meredith, 46, the host of the pajama party, co-founded Paris Dog Week.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 14, 2026

Meredith Whittaker has little patience for the AI doom that dominates headlines - she thinks warnings of AI turning on humanity is a fear "not anchored in science".

From BBC ● Oct. 9, 2026

Graduate student Meredith Nix and postdoctoral scholar Sai Gourisankar, PhD, are the lead authors of the research.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 8, 2026

Meredith Shields, press secretary for the Yes on Prop.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 2, 2026

It came from Don Meredith, who had been an All- American quarterback at Southern Methodist University and an All-Pro quarterback with the Dallas Cowboys.

From "Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream" by H.G. Bissinger

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