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Dave

American  
[deyv] / deɪv /

noun

  1. a male given name, form of David.


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“Whether or not Mythos is a hacker superweapon really is immaterial to the conversation,” says Dave Lewis, global advisory chief information-security officer at the password-manager developer 1Password.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 19, 2026

A former Oklahoma congressman named Dave McCurdy said that Muslim fundamentalists had been convening in the area.

From Slate • Apr. 19, 2026

“That area got significantly oversold,” said Dave Mazza, CEO of Roundhill Investments, of Big Tech stocks during an interview with MarketWatch.

From MarketWatch • Apr. 17, 2026

Dave Portnoy, the founder of Barstool Sports who first put “Call Her Daddy” on the map in 2018, also weighed in.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 14, 2026

“Now Dave can have it for dinner. To thank him for being so nice to you always.”

From "Landscape with Invisible Hand" by M.T. Anderson