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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Forest Whitaker makes his first appearance of the season as our old friend Saw Gerrera in this week’s trio of episodes. Alan Sepinwall, Rolling Stone, 30 Apr. 2025 At this point, the Framework Laptop 13 is a familiar face, an old friend. ArsTechnica, 24 Apr. 2025 An emotional Oprah Winfrey, with tears in her eyes, watched from the Blue Origin Launch Site One in West Texas as her old friend Gayle King blasted off at 9:30 a.m. ET as part of the rocket’s first all-women crew. Greg Evans, Deadline, 14 Apr. 2025 And there, like an old friend, is Cronenberg’s regular composer Howard Shore with a synth moan to keep the mood unnerving. Robert Abele, Los Angeles Times, 18 Apr. 2025 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 21 May. 2025.

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