Thornton
Americannoun
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William, 1759–1828, U.S. architect, born in the British Virgin Islands.
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a town in NE Colorado.
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a male given name.
Example Sentences
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Wright also strongly denied allegations he met private investigator Jonathan Rees and corrupt police officers in Thornton Heath pubs to pay them for information for stories.
From BBC
Ethan Thornton said he got fixated on balloons at age 17—five years ago—after reading about a Google project that kept one over Puerto Rico for almost a year.
Our Town, written by US playwright Thornton Wilder, follows the daily lives of the residents of Grover's Corners in New Hampshire.
From BBC
Arguing the change was reactionary to Beyoncé's win is easy but conversations had been happening for years, Jason King, the dean of the University of Southern California's Thornton School of Music, told the BBC.
From BBC
Thornton Wilder has written characters that we all know, like the person delivering the milk, the two mums talking over the garden wall.
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