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Merriam

American  
[mer-ee-uhm] / ˈmɛr i əm /

noun

  1. a town in E Kansas.


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Noah Woods was with a relative at the small park at Merriam Close in Brantham, but "became separated" from them as they left at about 15:00 BST, Suffolk Police said.

From BBC ● Sep. 15, 2026

However, “it’s actually a good thing that the attorney representing the U.S. was not planning to talk about martial law in front of the 9th Circuit,” Merriam said.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 19, 2025

Sinclair lost to Republican Frank Merriam by 11 points.

From Slate ● Nov. 3, 2024

Meanwhile, the 10 defendants based their legal argument on parsing the phrase “notice of withdrawal” beyond the laws of Merriam, Webster and common sense.

From Seattle Times ● Dec. 19, 2023

I trusted Merriam because I thought, instead of having children she didn’t want, she wrote the dictionary.

From "One Crazy Summer" by Rita Williams-Garcia

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