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Eleanor

American  
[el-uh-nawr, -ner] / ˈɛl əˌnɔr, -nər /
Also Eleanora

noun

  1. a female given name, form of Helen.


Example Sentences

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Mr. Coppola, in the author’s account, was incapable of remaining faithful to his long-suffering wife, Eleanor, and Mr. Lucas is shown constantly belittling his first wife, the film editor Marcia Lucas, even as she gets an Oscar nomination for cutting “American Graffiti” and wins one for “Star Wars.”

From The Wall Street Journal

Eleanor Curzon, for the defence, told the court Brohiri "expressed remorse and regret" for having continued to travel on the railway, "particularly the period when he has been appearing before you judge".

From BBC

Cue an interesting piece of research from Bank of America rates strategists, led by Eleanor Xiao.

From MarketWatch

Eleanor Delizio, a National Weather Service meteorologist in Monterey, said that temperatures around the stadium will rise into the 60s, and potentially into the upper 60s, “depending on how much sun they get down there.”

From Los Angeles Times

"Seeing ancient lake basins on Mars without clear evidence of thick, long-lasting ice made me question whether those lakes could have held water for more than a single season in a cold climate," said Eleanor Moreland, a Rice graduate student and lead author of the study.

From Science Daily