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fairfax

Definitions, parts of speech, synonyms, and sentence examples for fairfax.

Editorial note

But the fact is that in the Fairfax case, they engaged in a pretty complicated campaign aimed at driving down the stock.

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Quick take

Any of several place names, including:

Meaning at a glance

The clearest senses and uses of fairfax gathered in one view.

noun

Any of several place names, including:

noun

An independent city, the county seat of Fairfax County, Virginia, United States.

noun

A town in Marin County, California, United States.

Definitions

Core meanings and parts of speech for fairfax.

noun

Any of several place names, including:

noun

An independent city, the county seat of Fairfax County, Virginia, United States.

noun

A town in Marin County, California, United States.

noun

A surname transferred from the nickname that was originally a nickname for someone with long fair hair.

Example sentences

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But the fact is that in the Fairfax case, they engaged in a pretty complicated campaign aimed at driving down the stock.

2

In most of Fairfax County you have to drive 10-15 minutes just to get to a drug store.

3

There are folks who remember when Fairfax County was a pretty sleepy place and strongly objected to any line at all.

4

Based on being ten minutes or less from a Wegman's, I'm going to guess Fairfax or Alexandria.

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I'd say that for two kids, you'd probably be at over 3k a month easily in fairfax.

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But Fairfax County is pretty large: it encompasses Annandale, Springfield, and Centreville.

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I recently visited my local dump in Fairfax County, VA to drop off a used fire extinguisher and nobody recorded anything.

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When I was growing up you'd almost never see a Fairfax County cop.

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In Northern Virginia, you can get a pretty nice house in Fairfax for $500k - the SF and Silicon Valley market is special for its terribleness (NY too).

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An American friend of mine who I worked with back in Baghdad helped us rent a place in Reston, a small town in Fairfax county.

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Prem Watsa of Fairfax Financial lost money for a few years betting against the markets, until the markets tanked in 2008 and he finally made a boatload on selling short.

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Median house price in Fairfax County hit $700k the other year, and up in Anne Arundel County in Maryland it's maybe $550k last I saw years ago).

Quote examples

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The same shorts that have attacked Overstock's CEO similarly attacked the CEO of Fairfax Financial: "According to court documents, the hedge fund companies allegedly retained an obscure operative named Spyro Contogouris to drive down Fairfax’s share price, a task he went about with alacrity.

Proper noun examples

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Fairfax County, where my parents live, has a 3.7 billion budget for about a million people.

2

Why doesn't he at least ask why they don't let people work from places like Fairfax?

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Fairfax County is #2 in the US for median household income.

Frequently asked questions

Short answers drawn from the clearest meanings and examples for this word.

How do you use fairfax in a sentence?

But the fact is that in the Fairfax case, they engaged in a pretty complicated campaign aimed at driving down the stock.

What does fairfax mean?

Any of several place names, including:

What part of speech is fairfax?

fairfax is commonly used as noun.