Elena
Americannoun
Example Sentences
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More education and discussion about menstrual cycles are needed, says Elena, who only learned about the luteal phase through social media at the age of 24.
From BBC ● Aug. 3, 2026
Justice Sonia Sotomayor, dissenting with Justices Elena Kagan and Ketanji Brown Jackson, went after the profit motive that leads agencies to seize first and justify later.
From Slate ● Jul. 28, 2026
In the principal dissent, written by Justice Sonia Sotomayor, she and Justice Elena Kagan implicitly side with Justice Jackson’s view.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 24, 2026
Flamingo Garden Mobile Home Park resident Elena Macias, right, greets her neighbor, Mariano Silverio Mendoza, as he waters plants in front of his mobile home in Carson.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 17, 2026
She began to speak as Elena did—as if she knew people wanted to hear her thoughts—and to hold herself taller, like a dancer.
From "Little Fires Everywhere" by Celeste Ng
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