old friend

noun

: a person who has been one's friend for a long time
An old friend came to visit.

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By the end of the year, the team was scrambling to sign Rodgers’ old friend Marquez Valdes-Scantling and Adam Thielen, who retired months later. Mike Defabo, New York Times, 17 May 2026 Adams took a walk early one morning up Munjoy Hill, high over the bay, with his old friend Jonathan Sewall, now attorney general for the British Crown. Literary Hub, 13 May 2026 In my home country, India, my old friend Anannya Dasgupta lives alone in Chennai. Rhitu Chatterjee, NPR, 9 May 2026 Nearly a year ago, Stone wept with joy at the news that her old friend Robert Francis Prevost — born in Chicago and raised in south suburban Dolton — made history as the first American to be elected pope. Angie Leventis Lourgos, Chicago Tribune, 6 May 2026 See All Example Sentences for old friend

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“Old friend.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/old%20friend. Accessed 23 May. 2026.

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