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Filene

American  
[fi-leen, fahy-] / fɪˈlin, faɪ- /

noun

  1. Edward Albert, 1860–1937, U.S. retail merchant.


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But the Filene Center performance was a unique experience, she said.

From Seattle Times Jun. 24, 2022

In previous years, concerts at Wolf Trap’s Filene Center wrapped up around Labor Day.

From Washington Post Sep. 8, 2021

In every regard, the 7,000-seat outdoor amphitheater expresses the effortless harmony between nature and the arts that inspired Catherine Filene Shouse to gift the land and open the center in 1971.

From Washington Post Jul. 2, 2021

Take the Filene Center at Wolf Trap, which on Thursday celebrated its 50th anniversary with a concert titled “50 Years Together.”

From Washington Post Jul. 2, 2021

He cites as an example of what could be done in this direction the Filene stores of Boston, the capital stock of which he says is held "exclusively by employees."

From Twentieth Century Socialism What It Is Not; What It Is: How It May Come by Edmond Kelly

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