Oldenburg
Americannoun
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Claes (Thure) 1929–2022, U.S. sculptor, born in Sweden.
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a former state in northwestern Germany, now part of Lower Saxony.
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a city in Lower Saxony in northwestern Germany: capital of the former state of Oldenburg.
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a city in NW Germany, in Lower Saxony: former capital of Oldenburg state. Pop: 158 340 (2003 est)
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a former state of NW Germany: became part of Lower Saxony in 1946
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Example Sentences
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Oldenburg, who is a filmmaker in Arlington, Texas, has taken advantage of the flexibility his job offers him.
From MarketWatch ● Jun. 23, 2026
“The irony,” said teammate Aidan Oldenburg, “is not lost on us.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 11, 2026
“Joyful association in the public domain is far better than watching television in our lifeless subdivisions,” Oldenburg proclaimed in a 2014 New York Times op-ed.
From Salon ● Mar. 30, 2025
In “The Great Good Place,” Oldenburg writes that third places should inspire the same fuzzy, warm glow of belonging as its inhabitants might find in their own homes.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 1, 2024
J. G. Crowther has neatly summed up the real root of the problem, which Oldenburg fanned into flame: ‘Hooke could not understand what tact had to do with science...Newton regarded discoveries as private property’.
From "The Scientists" by John Gribbin
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