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Friedman

American  
[freed-muhn] / ˈfrid mən /

noun

  1. Bruce Jay, 1930–2020, U.S. novelist.

  2. Milton, 1912–2006, U.S. economist: Nobel Prize 1976.


Friedman British  
/ ˈfriːdmən /

noun

  1. Milton. 1912–2006. US economist, particularly associated with monetarism; a forceful advocate of free market capitalism

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D’Ieteren retains a 50.3% holding, with Clayton Dubilier & Rice holding 20.4%, Hellman & Friedman, Singapore sovereign wealth fund GIC and asset manager BlackRock holding 18.2%, while management, employees and the founding family hold 11%.

From The Wall Street Journal Sep. 10, 2026

North Sea projects or international expansion, the analyst writes after speaking to Chairman Yaniv Friedman at the Barclays CEO Energy-Power Conference.

From The Wall Street Journal Sep. 9, 2026

“This is what happens when you take on more work than you are able to provide appropriate legal representation for and you get errors,” Friedman said.

From Los Angeles Times Sep. 4, 2026

Atlas Network was founded in San Francisco in 1981 by Sir Antony Fisher, a British businessman and a colleague of Margaret Thatcher, Milton Friedman and F.A.

From Salon Sep. 1, 2026

I tried to pay attention—Mrs. Friedman was indeed giving us an assignment—but the words swam by in a murky haze.

From "Shelter (Book One): A Mickey Bolitar Novel" by Harlan Coben

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