Todd

American

[tod] / tɒd /

noun

Alexander Robertus Baron of Trumpington, 1907–97, Scottish chemist: Nobel Prize 1957.
David, 1855–1939, U.S. astronomer and teacher.
a male given name.

Todd British

/ tɒd /

noun

Baron Alexander Robertus . 1907–97, Scottish chemist, noted for his research into the structure of nucleic acids: Nobel prize for chemistry 1957

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Araki, like directors Richard Linklater and Todd Haynes, then began a long relationship with the Sundance Film Festival right when the indie boom of the ’90s was taking off.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 24, 2026

Listen to the full interview with Cricket Australia chief executive Todd Greenberg on the BBC Stumped podcast.

From BBC ● Jul. 23, 2026

That is what makes Hawaiʻi Supreme Court Justice Todd Eddins’ excoriating assessment of the term so valuable.

From Slate ● Jul. 17, 2026

Between 1929 and 1932, Chase made an easy transition to short sound films and worked as part of a duo with the delicious Thelma Todd in about a dozen of those pre-code movies.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 15, 2026

Ethnomusicologist Jeff Todd Titon states that we perform music in two ways.

From "Music and the Child" by Natalie Sarrazin

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