Alice
Americannoun
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a city in southern Texas.
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the Alice. Alice Springs.
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a first name: from a Germanic word meaning “of noble rank.”
noun
Example Sentences
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The better choice is Mr. Adams’s first opera, “Nixon in China,” a collaboration with the librettist Alice Goodman and the director Peter Sellars that had its premiere, in Houston, in 1987.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 30, 2026
Beginning in kindergarten, children’s knowledge of numbers becomes more formal and symbol-based, according to Alice Klein, a developmental psychologist who studies early math screening and intervention.
From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 30, 2026
While Lord Wynstowe fusses around measuring chins and noses, Charlie and Alice are concerned with the grosser features of the human body.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 26, 2026
Rock band Wolf Alice, who made the same gesture on their latest tour, say the funds are crucial.
From BBC • Jun. 25, 2026
“But Vicky, Alice, ’Elena, Louise, and Beatrice are the five daughters of the Queen of England.”
From "Secrets at Sea" by Richard Peck
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