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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The Spare Room by Helen Garner This is a book about a woman, Helen, who decides to let her old friend, Nicola, who is dying of cancer, come and stay with her in Melbourne while Nicola sees a local quack doctor. The New Yorker, New Yorker, 21 May 2025 The film centers on Ange, a rootless musician who, at 60 years old, feels a vital need to reconnect with his old friend Marco. Leo Barraclough, Variety, 20 May 2025 In return, Golden State would be getting back an old friend, Kevin Durant. Matt Levine, MSNBC Newsweek, 18 May 2025 Unexpectedly running into Casey Affleck, an old friend of KVIFF, on the street. Scott Feinberg, HollywoodReporter, 17 May 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 2 Jun. 2025.

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