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  • Lopez
    Lopez
    noun
    Nancy, born 1957, U.S. golfer.
  • López
    López
    noun
    Osvaldo Osvaldo López Arellano, 1921–2010, Honduran air force general: president of Honduras 1963–75.

Lopez

1 American  
[loh-pez] / ˈloʊ pɛz /

noun

  1. Nancy, born 1957, U.S. golfer.


López 2 American  
[loh-pez, law-pes] / ˈloʊ pɛz, ˈlɔ pɛs /

noun

  1. Osvaldo Osvaldo López Arellano, 1921–2010, Honduran air force general: president of Honduras 1963–75.


Lopez British  
/ ˈləʊpɛz /

noun

  1. Jennifer. born 1970, Puerto Rican singer and film actress, known as J-Lo ; her films include Out of Site (1997) and The Wedding Planner (2001) and her records include On the 6 (1999) and This is Me...Then (2002)

"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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And let’s not forget — Maria Lopez is a common name, shared by many.

From Los Angeles Times Sep. 3, 2026

Lopez signed her daughter up for state-funded day care, identifying herself as a noncitizen.

From Los Angeles Times Sep. 3, 2026

Hawaii Attorney General Anne Lopez called for industry-wide changes as well.

From Barron's Aug. 26, 2026

"I hope that Snapchat, TikTok and YouTube will read the writing on the wall and enter into similar settlements," Lopez said in a statement.

From Barron's Aug. 26, 2026

But when Mrs. Lopez sees us skulking up the stairs, she dives for her keys.

From "The Tenth Mistake of Hank Hooperman" by Gennifer Choldenko

Leopoldo Alejandro Betancourt López was born in the Venezuelan capital of Caracas in February 1980 into a middle-class family.

From BBC Sep. 2, 2026

And at the heart of it is Alejandro Betancourt López, the Venezuelan oil baron who heads the Barbados-registered firm.

From BBC Sep. 2, 2026

Sheinbaum reached a watershed moment in her presidency last weekend when she forced Sinaloa state Gov. Rubén Rocha—a close ally of López Obrador—out of office.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 28, 2026

“The principal problem with this list is the total ignorance about the work of independent journalism,” wrote Ramos, who has clashed publicly with Sheinbaum and her predecessor and mentor, Andrés Manuel López Obrador.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 21, 2026

Ms. López and Mr. Ingman tell us we have to meet near the bus at 2 p.m.

From "I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter" by Erika L. Sánchez

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