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Sheldon

American  
[shel-duhn, -dn] / ˈʃɛl dən, -dn /

noun

  1. a male given name.


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Then, Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse of Rhode Island joins to discuss SCOTUS’s new term and the climate case Suncor v.

From Slate ● Oct. 8, 2026

Aside from the familiar faces, one major location featured in every episode is Comic Central, where Sheldon and Leonard often spent time arguing about the merits of comic books and characters.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 13, 2026

"Aldi is a brilliant single-purpose machine, while Walmart is a money machine that happens to sell groceries cheaply. That gap is the whole ballgame," Sheldon said.

From BBC ● Jul. 12, 2026

The deceased were identified as Judith and Wylie Sheldon, longtime members of the San Francisco art community who lived in the city’s Pacific Heights neighborhood.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 18, 2026

I hold my book bag with all the fuzzies and the special Mrs. Sheldon card close to my stomach and slowly back up toward the door.

From "A Step from Heaven" by An Na

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