Stanford

[ stan-ferd ]

/ ˈstæn fərd /

noun

(Amasa) Leland,1824–93, U.S. railroad developer, politician, and philanthropist: governor of California 1861–63; senator 1885–93.

a male given name.

Example sentences from the Web for stanford

But a project out of Stanford University is hoping to grant Turkers agency—and might begin to revolutionize the industry.

Amazon’s Turkers Kick Off the First Crowdsourced Labor Guild |Kevin Zawacki |December 3, 2014 |DAILY BEAST
In the shopping mall they follow me—in the Stanford shopping mall.

‘Why Have I Lost Control?’: Cory Booker in ’92 on Rodney King Echoes Ferguson |Cory Booker |November 26, 2014 |DAILY BEAST
At Stanford, so the story goes, he talked a suicidal student down from a roof.

The Ugly Truth About Cory Booker, New Jersey’s Golden Boy |Olivia Nuzzi |October 20, 2014 |DAILY BEAST
Sailed off to Stanford, then Oxford—as a Rhodes Scholar—then Yale Law.

The Ugly Truth About Cory Booker, New Jersey’s Golden Boy |Olivia Nuzzi |October 20, 2014 |DAILY BEAST

The pair graduated from Stanford University and Harvard Law School, and are political heavyweights in their own right.

Mother Knows Best |Sara Lieberman |October 14, 2014 |DAILY BEAST
Stanford sat and waited, and felt more uncomfortable than he had ever felt in his life.

Kate Danton, or, Captain Danton's Daughters |May Agnes Fleming
If only Stanford could gain ground now, or if time could be called.

Stanford Stories |Charles K. Field
Jim would work with me as he had in the old days at Stanford U., when I coached the air polo team that he captained.

Astounding Stories, May, 1931 |Various
Low let go a terrific side-winder, but Stanford stopped it handsomely and replied with an earthquake on Low's bread-basket.

The Wit and Humor of America, Volume X (of X) |Various
To obviate the objection of cost, Mr Stanford, in 1872, proposed to make charcoal for this purpose from seaweed.

Cooley's Practical Receipts, Volume II |Arnold Cooley

British Dictionary definitions for stanford

Stanford

/ (ˈstænfəd) /

noun

Sir Charles (Villiers). 1852–1924, Anglo-Irish composer and conductor, who as a teacher at the Royal College of Music had much influence on the succeeding generation of composers: noted esp for his church music, oratorios, and cantatas

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Stanford

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British Dictionary definitions for stanford

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