Griffith
Americannoun
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Arthur, 1872–1922, Irish nationalist leader: a founder of Sinn Fein.
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D(avid Lewelyn) W(ark) 1875–1948, U.S. film director and producer.
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a town in NW Indiana.
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a male given name, form of Griffin.
noun
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Arthur. 1872–1922, Irish journalist and nationalist: founder of Sinn Féin (1905); president of the Free State assembly (1922)
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D ( avid Lewelyn ) W ( ark ). 1875–1948, US film director and producer. He introduced several cinematic techniques, including the flashback and the fade-out, in his masterpiece The Birth of a Nation (1915)
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One vendor sold t-shirts with captions proclaiming “LEGEND” alternatively accompanying pictures of Charlie Kirk or, for some reason, Andy Griffith and Don Knotts together in costume from The Andy Griffith Show.
From Slate • Mar. 30, 2026
The large-scale analysis was conducted by researchers from the University of Eastern Finland, Karolinska Institutet in Stockholm, and Griffith University in Australia.
From Science Daily • Mar. 22, 2026
Perkins Eastman, which is leading the design of the pool site, also worked on the renovation and expansion of Griffith Observatory from 2002 to 2006, when the firm was known as Pfeiffer Partners.
From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 20, 2026
Judge Griffith ruled against Boyd’s request for immunity on Feb. 20 at the end of a four-day hearing.
From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 6, 2026
He was sure that Griffith had made some terrible mistake in his experiment.
From "The Gene" by Siddhartha Mukherjee
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