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Elwin

American  
[el-win] / ˈɛl wɪn /
Also Elvin

noun

  1. a male given name.


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But after less than two years, only about two miles of the tunnel had been excavated, and the contractor was fired by MWD general manager Frank Elwin “F.E.”

From Los Angeles Times Apr. 27, 2025

But persuading consumers to buy only sustainable products is just half of the solution, according to Peter Elwin, the head of the food and land use program at the nonprofit Planet Tracker.

From Washington Post Mar. 9, 2022

In the co-main event, Elwin Soto defended his WBO junior flyweight title with a ninth-round technical knockout of Katsunari Takayama.

From Seattle Times May 8, 2021

In 2009, former Klan supporter Elwin Wilson admitted he was the man who had beaten Lewis, and apologized in person to the Congressman.

From Salon Apr. 24, 2021

Elwin wrote the review of “The Newcomes” in the “Quarterly” for September, 1855.

From Norfolk Annals A Chronological Record of Remarkable Events in the Nineteeth Century, Vol. 2 by Mackie, Charles

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