Hedy

[hed-ee]

noun

1. a female given name: from a Greek word meaning “pleasing.”

Example Sentences

The new owners plan to spend as much as $40 million to upgrade the 90-room resort that boasts its Old Hollywood guests included Clark Gable, Hedy Lamarr and Carole Lombard.

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King Pentheus becomes Stavros, a wealthy, controlling figure married for decades to Hedy, Lena’s best friend.

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When Hedy invites Lena to the resort’s opening, the pair discover an all-female group of bacchanalians dancing and drumming on the beach.

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Protagonist Lena escapes patriarchal entrapment by joining forces with a close friend, Hedy, and fleeing to a beachside encampment of “feral” women.

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The pandemic brought attention to involuntary withdrawals not only in Washington, but across the country as school districts dropped absent kids from their rolls, said Hedy Chang, founder and executive director of Attendance Works, a national nonprofit addressing chronic absenteeism.

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