Norton
Americannoun
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Charles Eliot, 1827–1908, U.S. scholar.
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Thomas, 1532–84, English author.
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a town in southeastern Massachusetts.
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a city in northeastern Ohio.
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a male given name: an Old English family name taken from a placename meaning “north town.”
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The 35-year-old, from King's Norton in Leicestershire, raised more than £16,000 for the trust.
From BBC ● Oct. 18, 2026
“It all starts with the consumer, regardless of whether you’re CMO or CEO,” Jordan told Erle Norton, the WSJ Leadership Institute’s C-suite content managing editor, in a wider interview.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 1, 2026
She first demanded the “Adam and Eve” paintings from the Norton Simon in 2000, without success.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 16, 2026
The show sees drag queens compete in a series of challenges to impress judges RuPaul, Michelle Visage, Graham Norton and Alan Carr, and often features big name celebrity guest judges.
From BBC ● Sep. 9, 2026
She’s on a hot-pink Electra with brightly colored stencils on the fenders that remind me of one of the modern art paintings we saw on our class trip to the Norton Museum last year.
From "Merci Suárez Changes Gears" by Meg Medina
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