Walden

American  

[wawl-duhn] / ˈwɔl dən /

noun

1. a town in SE Ontario, in S Canada.

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Walden Cultural  

1. (1854) A book by Henry David Thoreau describing his two years of life alone at Walden Pond in Massachusetts. He recounts his daily life in the woods and celebrates nature and the individual's ability to live independently of society. A famous line from the book is Thoreau's statement that “The mass of men lead lives of quiet desperation.”

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Example Sentences

His strongest rival is Walden, a veteran television executive who is co-chair of Disney entertainment, which includes streaming.

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Walden is less of a Disney native, having joined when it acquired the entertainment assets of 21st Century Fox in 2019.

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Bergman, D’Amaro and Walden were appointed to their current positions in early 2023.

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The company is widely expected to promote from within, with parks chief Josh D’Amaro and television head Dana Walden considered the leading contenders by employees and people who work with Disney.

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Veteran film executive Alan Bergman, who runs streaming with Walden and oversees brands such as Pixar, Lucasfilm and Avatar, is considered unlikely to replace Iger by employees and company partners.

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