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Gwen

American  
[gwen] / gwɛn /

noun

  1. a female given name, form of Gwendolyn or Guenevere.


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But the team, and in particular Gwen Lagrue, its driver-development adviser, felt it was worth taking a chance on the teenager, having signed him in 2017 after watching him race in “minis” at age 11.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 27, 2026

The makeup line of Grammy Award-winning Gwen Stefani shuttered in February after under four years in business, for example, not long after supermodel Kate Moss’s Cosmoss brand was dissolved.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 9, 2026

At 23, she released her self-titled 2019 mixtape, “Slayyyter,” a bubblegum Gwen Stefani-inspired pop collection half recorded in a “messy a—” closet in her mom’s house.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 25, 2026

Fifteen years since their first day of school, Mia Sanson-Regan and Gwen Shepherd, who are both 18, were ready for a break from education.

From BBC • Mar. 18, 2026

But as Gwen put on her costume — “I am going to be a rich merchant,” she said — Ash only sat quietly in the window.

From "Ash" by Malinda Lo

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