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Eldredge

American  
[el-druhj] / ˈɛl drədʒ /

noun

  1. Niles 1943–, U.S. biologist and paleontologist.


Eldredge Scientific  
/ ĕldrĕdj /
  1. American paleontologist who with Stephen Jay Gould developed the theory of punctuated equilibrium in 1972.


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As a young adult, Fern enjoyed what appeared to be a happy marriage to Charles “Handsome Charlie” Eldredge, a doting bank cashier, before tragedy struck, and struck again.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 27, 2026

"It's an easy narrative to say 'oh, there's a lot of money being lost to the game because it's going to agents'," Eldredge says.

From BBC • Dec. 17, 2024

Also already released are a handful of bonus tracks like "Under The Mistletoe," a collaboration with Brett Eldredge, "All I Want For Christmas Is You" and "Christmas Eve."

From Fox News • Sep. 24, 2021

“Opened the garage door to go on a hike and had a new friend waiting to say hello,” Eldredge wrote on Instagram.

From Seattle Times • Sep. 9, 2021

Eldredge presented a hopeless consumptive, who as a child of five had swallowed an umbrella ferrule while whistling through it, and who expelled it in a fit of coughing twenty-three years after.

From Anomalies and Curiosities of Medicine by Pyle, Walter L. (Walter Lytle)

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