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.”
Example Sentences
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Her best friend, Max, who was unofficially adopted by Suzanna’s parents and is shellacked in cynicism as played by the excellent Alden Ehrenreich, exhorts her to pull herself together and face her “big girl problems.”
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 7, 2026
Councillor Robert Alden, leader of the city's Conservative group, wrote an open letter to her inviting her to stand for the party, if she decides to move back to the city.
From BBC • Feb. 3, 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
Stenographer will go straight from ship to Priscilla Alden.
From Lord John in New York by Williamson, A. M. (Alice Muriel)
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