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Stan·ford

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1. Stanford, Leland Stanfordnoun

   United States railroad executive and founder of Stanford University (1824-1893)

2. Stanford University, Stanfordnoun

   a university in California

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1. Stanfordnoun

   transferred from the surname.

2. Stanfordnoun

   A private university in the Bay Area of California.

3. Etymology: Various place names from stān + ford.

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1. Stanford

   Stanford is a census-designated place in Santa Clara County, California, United States and is the home of Stanford University. The population was 13,809 at the 2010 census, with a daily population of 35,000. Stanford is an unincorporated area of Santa Clara County and is adjacent to the city of Palo Alto. Stanford, California is a valid postal address, and has its own post office and ZIP codes: 94305 and 94309. A popular landmark is the Dish. Most of the Stanford University campus is situated within the CDP of Stanford. The Stanford University Medical Center and the Stanford Shopping Center, on the campus periphery, are counted as part of Palo Alto. Its resident population consists of the inhabitants of on-campus housing, including graduate student villages and the "Faculty Ghetto" of single-family homes owned by their faculty inhabitants but located on leased Stanford land. A residential neighborhood adjacent to the Stanford campus, College Terrace, featuring streets named after universities and colleges, including Cambridge, Oxford, Harvard and Princeton, is not part of the Stanford CDP but of Palo Alto.

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1. stanford

   Song lyrics by stanford -- Explore a large variety of song lyrics performed by stanford on the Lyrics.com website.

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How to pronounce Stanford?

1. Alex

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   David

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   Mark

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   Daniel

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   Libby

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   Mia

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   Karen

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   Hayley

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   Natasha

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   Neerja

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   Zira

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   Oliver

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   Wendy

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   Fred

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   Tessa

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Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of Stanford in Chaldean Numerology is: 7

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of Stanford in Pythagorean Numerology is: 7

Examples of Stanford in a Sentence

1. Debra Zumwalt:

   Stanford University does not wish to benefit in any way from Mr. Vandemoer's conduct.

2. The Fountain Hopper:

   They have simply shared a 40-year-old federal policy. we think that admission to a University such as Stanford is a process that is biased towards those that are in the know.

3. Marcia Stefanick:

   I am fascinated by this study, which generally confirms all that I present in my Stanford course on Sex and Gender in Human Physiology and Disease, when men get diseases that most healthcare professionals consider 'women's diseases,' they are diagnosed at later, more serious stages, and vice versa.

4. Kevin Sadler:

   Stanford lavished tens of millions of investors' money on promoting his business through advertising and sports promotion activities, such as his strategic advertising campaign with the Golf Channel.

5. Roger Kay:

   Endpoint Technologies ' Kay want to have just one or two individuals responsible for the account, they should be named individuals, so that if there’s a problem, Roger Kay can go to those people. Tim Junio, a cybersecurity fellow at Stanford University’s Freeman Spogli Institute for International Studies, also highlighted the risks posed by weak passwords.

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