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  • Eva
    Eva
    noun
    a female given name, form of Eve.
  • EVA
    EVA
    extravehicular activity.

Eva

1 American  
[ee-vuh] / ˈi və /

noun

  1. a female given name, form of Eve.


EVA 2 American  
Aerospace.
  1. extravehicular activity.


EVA British  

abbreviation

  1. extravehicular activity

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

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She dated artist Joseph Cornell and befriended other artists such as Donald Judd and Eva Hesse.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 27, 2026

Eva Galperin, director of cybersecurity at the Electronic Frontier Foundation, has spent years working with survivors of domestic violence.

From Salon Aug. 17, 2026

More recently, she played Eva in the Disney Channel's action comedy series The Villains of Valley View.

From BBC Aug. 11, 2026

"We are very happy and very excited" to welcome him back, said Eva Amador, 56, a supporter of the former president, as she held a banner on Sunday with a message thanking Trump.

From Barron's Jul. 26, 2026

I pull my phone out of my pocket to check for messages from Eva.

From "The Sea in Winter" by Christine Day

While EVA can flag large transactions or explain why a credit score changed, it won’t actually freeze your credit or pay a bill for you — at least not yet.

From MarketWatch Mar. 19, 2026

The EVA suits are said to be comfortable and flexible enough to be worn during launch and landing, eliminating the need to have separate IVA suits.

From BBC Sep. 10, 2024

Never mind that other startups are cashing in on custom online dating personalities like EVA AI.

From Slate May 17, 2024

The freighter, ordered by Taiwan’s EVA Air, took off for Taipei on April 8, according to FlightRadar24 data.

From Seattle Times Apr. 8, 2024

Plus I have another 171 hours of EVA suit C02 filters as well.

From "The Martian" by Andy Weir

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