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Marlene

American  
[mahr-leen, -lay-nuh] / mɑrˈlin, -ˈleɪ nə /
Also Marleen

noun

  1. a female given name.


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Marlene Cooper has paid $100 a week to get a box of five meals from Blue Apron for the last decade, delighting in dinners like chicken enchilada skillet and cilantro paneer and chickpea curry.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 19, 2026

"When we found her, she had already died," Marlene Nino said.

From Barron's ● Aug. 17, 2026

She won a Bafta for her portrayal of Livia in the BBC's I, Claudius and received a Tony Award nomination for playing the title role in Marlene.

From BBC ● Aug. 8, 2026

But in the race to take on Feely, Amish Shah, an emergency room physician, is leading Marlene Galán-Woods, a former broadcast journalist whom Democrats’ House campaign arm had endorsed.

From Slate ● Jul. 22, 2026

By the time I looked up again, Marlene was charging off through the snow, chasing the dog away, trumpeting as she went, her trunk flailing, her ears in full sail.

From "An Elephant in the Garden" by Michael Morpurgo

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