Alfred
Americannoun
Example Sentences
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An international research team led by the Alfred Wegener Institute has now carried out the first systematic investigation of these sequences of storms using decades of weather observations.
From Science Daily ● Sep. 14, 2026
An extra service to the island was added at 19:50 on the MV Alfred from Troon.
From BBC ● Aug. 21, 2026
He produced David Lynch’s 1980 drama “The Elephant Man,” while Alfred Hitchcock’s 1960 horror classic “Psycho” inevitably calls to mind Brooks’ 1977 Hitchcock spoof “High Anxiety.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 21, 2026
Among their backers was a third Nobel brother, Alfred, already well on his way to immense wealth after patenting dynamite in 1867.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 9, 2026
“Well, Alfred, I think we’ll all be extremely busy before we sail. I don’t think I’ll have time to take a walk. Honestly, I’d be surprised if you had time either.”
From "Salt to the Sea" by Ruta Sepetys
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