Arlen
Americannoun
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Harold Hymen Arluck, 1905–1986, U.S. songwriter.
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Michael Dikran Kouyoumdjian, 1895–1956, English novelist, born in Bulgaria.
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a first name.
Example Sentences
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Following the defection of Pennsylvania’s Arlen Specter in 2009, Minority Leader McConnell presided over a Republican Conference of only 40 senators—the smallest GOP caucus in 30 years.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 22, 2026
The “King of the Hill” premiere catches up with Hank and Peggy returning to Arlen, Texas, 15 years after we last saw them, much of that spent living on an American compound in Saudi Arabia.
From Salon ● Aug. 4, 2025
The sitcom centres around the Hill family and is set in the fictional town of Arlen, in suburban Texas.
From BBC ● Jun. 3, 2025
Recently at the Soraya, the inquisitive young pianist Conrad Tao celebrated the Rachmaninoff anniversary by combining him with Billy Strayhorn, Stephen Sondheim, Irving Berlin and Harold Arlen.
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 14, 2023
On January 10, 1878, Senator Arlen A. Sargent of California proposed a sixteenth amendment to the Constitution.
From "Votes for Women!" by Winifred Conkling
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