Alden
Americannoun
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John, 1599?–1687, Pilgrim settler in Plymouth, Massachusetts, 1620.
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a first name: from an Old English word meaning “old friend.”
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Alden added: "Shoreham is the sort of place where the community comes together at times like this. We are a very close-knit community."
From BBC ● Aug. 22, 2026
Reverend Pat Alden said: "When something happens, whether it's something we celebrate... or tragic circumstances like this, the community comes together."
From BBC ● Aug. 22, 2026
Alden pointed to Forge’s trading data, which showed that 45% of volume in 2025 was related to AI companies; that compares with 40% in 2024 and just 18% in 2023.
From MarketWatch ● Jan. 10, 2026
"We need to achieve the radical decarbonization of the global economy in the next two decades if we are to meet the Paris temperature goals," Alden Meyer of the think tank E3G told AFP.
From Barron's ● Nov. 18, 2025
John Alden had been taken on as cooper from Southampton when the Mayflower first sailed.
From A Pilgrim Maid A Story of Plymouth Colony in 1620 by Marion Ames Taggart
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