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
In the 1999 fantasy drama The Green Mile, Greene played Arlen Bitterbuck, a Native American man on death row in prison.
From BBC ● Sep. 1, 2025
“DC has been playing catch-up with Marvel,” said Arlen Schumer, a comic book and pop culture historian.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 10, 2025
Arlen Specter of Pennsylvania while studying political science at Stanford University in 2003.
From Washington Times ● Mar. 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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