Elmer
Americannoun
Example Sentences
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Estuardo Mazariegos, head of the Alliance of Californians for Community Empowerment Los Angeles, reported roughly $200,000 in contributions and Elmer Roldan, director of a nonprofit, has raised about $114,000.
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 24, 2026
Elmer Rice’s “The Adding Machine,” an expressionist classic on automation and worker insecurity, speaks directly to an age in which livelihoods are threatened by AI innovation.
From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 23, 2026
Also running is Elmer Roldan, a nonprofit leader who works to keep students from dropping out of schools in the Los Angeles Unified School District.
From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 23, 2026
It was only after his sister was born and became old enough for solid food that the Elmer plate stopped being his and became hers.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 1, 2026
I followed the both of them, only to see that it wasn’t Elmer junior who was the cause of the commotion this time.
From "Hattie Big Sky" by Kirby Larson
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