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Priscilla

American  
[pri-sil-uh] / prɪˈsɪl ə /

noun

  1. a female given name: from a Roman family name.


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Meta's Mark Zuckerberg and wife Priscilla Chan were celebrity guests in the front row of the Fall/Winter 2026-2026 women's show, but most of the shrieking by the female crowds outside was reserved for Thai actor Pond Naravit Lertratkosum and Korean K-pop sensation Wooyoung -- wearing Prada, of course.

From Barron's

Dr Priscilla Chan, senior lecturer at Manchester Metropolitan University's Fashion Institute, said there were risks to firms turning to tech for their marketing.

From BBC

No longer constrained by moral panic, the Army draft or the decade he spent trapped within the Hollywood industrial complex, this is the King at arguably the high point of his career, right in that sweet spot before his 1973 divorce from Priscilla Presley, after which his mood and health started to flag.

From Los Angeles Times

“Always on My Mind” becomes a brisk yet moving acknowledgment of Priscilla and his infant daughter Lisa Marie.

From Los Angeles Times

Tom Parker, while “Always on My Mind” is decorated with touching shots of Presley with his only wife, Priscilla, and only child, Lisa Marie.

From The Wall Street Journal