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Allan

American  
[al-uhn] / ˈæl ən /

noun

  1. a first name.


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“The Bloomberg US Aggregate Bond Index used to be called the Lehman Brothers Aggregate Bond Index,” said Allan Roth, a financial planner in Colorado Springs, Colo. “Big and iconic companies do go under.”

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 8, 2026

Two excellent articles that explore these other solutions include one from McQuarrie and another from Allan Roth, the founder of Wealth Logic, an advisory firm.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 8, 2026

That leaves bosses such as Audi racing director Allan McNish working the night shift.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 5, 2026

Her book, for instance, documents many famous men who were cat lovers, including authors such as Edgar Allan Poe and Ernest Hemingway.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 9, 2026

Thanks to the odd exchange with Raven earlier that day, she knew The Gold-Bug was an old story of Edgar Allan Poe’s.

From "Book Scavenger" by Jennifer Chambliss Bertman

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