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Marcia

American  
[mahr-shuh] / ˈmɑr ʃə /

noun

  1. a female given name: from a Latin word meaning “warlike.”


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Marcia Kaiser, 76, and her husband relocated from Bergen County, N.J., to South Orange, N.J., in 2020 to be closer to one of their daughters and two grandchildren.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 14, 2026

The research was co-led by Scott Uhlrich, an assistant professor of mechanical engineering at the University of Utah's John and Marcia Price College of Engineering, with collaborators at Stanford and New York University.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 11, 2026

The Daytime Emmy-winning actor’s longtime manager and friend Marcia Hurwitz confirmed that Curry died Wednesday at his home in Toluca Lake, in a statement shared with The Times.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 26, 2026

Marcia immediately contacted the officer who had worked on that case.

From BBC ● Jul. 10, 2026

Marcia was walking around, still stunned, looking into the trays of catered food spread on the dining table, and then up at the mass of balloons bobbing against the ceiling.

From "Americanah" by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie

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