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Orrin

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[awr-in, or-] / ˈɔr ɪn, ˈɒr- /

noun

  1. a male given name.


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Hip-hop mogul Russell Simmons and Republican Sen. Orrin Hatch of Utah also pushed for Forté’s release from a low-security federal prison in Pennsylvania.

From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 14, 2026

"People don't really know what they're paying for," says ticket holder Brittany Orrin.

From BBC • Jul. 8, 2025

“It’s hard to watch,” said Dr. Orrin Devinsky, an NYU neurologist and the study’s senior author.

From Seattle Times • Jan. 4, 2024

“If I gave that tape to a medical student and that was his explanation, I’d fail him,” Orrin Devinsky, a neurology professor at New York University, told the New York Times.

From Slate • Sep. 1, 2023

"Next Spring we will set a root of jessamine outside," remarked Roy, when Orrin praised the infant creepers—ivy and passion-flower—on the inside of the casement.

From Jessamine A Novel by Harland, Marion