Sanford
Americannoun
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Mount, a mountain in SE Alaska. 16,208 feet (4,940 meters).
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a city in E Florida.
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a town in SW Maine.
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a city in central North Carolina.
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a male given name.
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Researchers at Sanford Burnham Prebys Medical Discovery Institute, Mayo Clinic, and collaborating institutions have now uncovered a previously unknown connection between mitochondria, cell metabolism, and this chronic inflammation.
From Science Daily ● Sep. 14, 2026
“There was a general philosophy in Hollywood that the billion-dollar-movie box-office days were behind us,” said Sanford Panitch, president of the motion picture group at Sony Pictures.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 8, 2026
It is managed by the US Department of Energy's Sanford Underground Research Facility in South Dakota - the deepest laboratory in the US at nearly a mile beneath the ground.
From BBC ● Sep. 2, 2026
Sanford very briefly mounted a 2020 primary challenge to Trump as well.
From Slate ● Aug. 11, 2026
Ah’d feel uh whole heap better ’bout yuh if you wuz marryin’ dat man up dere in Sanford.
From "Their Eyes Were Watching God" by Zora Neale Hurston
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