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Klein

American  
[klahyn] / klaɪn /

noun

  1. Felix 1849–1925, German mathematician.

  2. Melanie, 1882–1960, British psychoanalyst, specialist in treatment of children, born in Austria.


Klein British  
/ klaɪn /

noun

  1. Calvin ( Richard ). born 1942, US fashion designer

  2. Melanie. 1882–1960, Austrian psychoanalyst resident in England (from 1926), noted for her work on child behaviour

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Both brands are also seeing early momentum with product and marketing for the fall, Larsson said, pointing to recent campaigns with Tate McRae for Calvin Klein and Travis Kelce for Tommy Hilfiger.

From The Wall Street Journal Sep. 2, 2026

This latest rally in software has much more to do with “positioning” among institutional investors than anything particularly new in the core fundamentals, Klein said.

From MarketWatch Aug. 30, 2026

"We know weight loss can improve metabolic health in people who are obese," says Samuel Klein, the study's corresponding author at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis, Missouri.

From Science Daily Aug. 29, 2026

Andy Klein, 60, an attorney in Cherry Hill, N.J., who bought tickets to see Train, Barenaked Ladies and Matt Nathanson in July:

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 22, 2026

From 1963 to 1966, significant improvements on this early system were made by scientist Martin Klein, generally considered to be the “father” of commercial side-scan sonar.

From "Shipwrecked!" by Martin W. Sandler

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