Merwin
Americannoun
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W(illiam) S(tanley), 1927–2019, U.S. poet, translator, and writer.
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a male given name.
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“It almost felt like I was eating Styrofoam,” Brian Merwin, a Pennsylvania food broker, told the group of his first few months of meals after he started taking Wegovy.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 19, 2026
The cronuts, Merwin said, were “a bold step forward for pastry.”
From Salon ● Nov. 26, 2023
“What does this mean when Jewish culture becomes part of a museum exhibit?” said Ted Merwin, the author of “Pastrami on Rye,” a 2015 history of the Jewish delicatessen.
From New York Times ● Jul. 18, 2022
Donald Merwin Elbert, a mentally ill arsonist who wanders out of prison in the wake of a flu that wipes out most of humanity.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 14, 2022
Then I am the proudest, happiest man alive,” said Merwin.
From The New England Magazine, Volume 1, No. 5, Bay State Monthly, Volume 4, No. 5, May, 1886 by Various
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