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Melanie

American  
[mel-uh-nee] / ˈmɛl ə ni /

noun

  1. a female given name.


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Industry Minister Melanie Joly had earlier requested that the steel company produce a plan to comply with promises on jobs she said were agreed to when Cliffs bought Stelco in 2024 for about $2.5 billion.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 16, 2026

On Thursday, Clark County Coroner Melanie Rouse identified the remains as Edward Lelburian “Buddy” Jackson, a man in his mid- to late 50s at the time of his death.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 16, 2026

Going from the first idea to finished toy takes one to two years, says Melanie Wang from the Mihox sales team.

From BBC ● Oct. 14, 2026

Most of 24-year-old Melanie Tejeda's friends have left the US-blockaded island nation, and only five of the 43 students who started an acting program with her two years ago remain.

From Barron's ● Oct. 13, 2026

So Melanie scratched the ends of the eyelashes loose with her longest fingernail, and then April pulled them the rest of the way off.

From "The Egypt Game" by Zilpha Keatley Snyder

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