Melissa
Americannoun
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Classical Mythology. the sister of Amalthea who nourished the infant Zeus with honey.
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Also Melissie, Melissy a female given name.
Example Sentences
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“Momentum doesn’t typically just stall out — it tends to reverse,” Melissa Brown, managing director at Investment Decision Research, said in a phone interview.
From MarketWatch • May 30, 2026
Times staff writers Melissa Gomez and David Zahniser contributed to this report.
From Los Angeles Times • May 26, 2026
Melissa Gordon struggled to reconcile the godly woman she thought she knew with the details now emerging.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 24, 2026
Melissa Grant, Carafem’s chief operations officer, said the past few years of chaos in U.S. abortion regulations prepared the organization to be nimble when the need arose.
From Slate • May 18, 2026
“I was angry about things in the past,” Melissa continues.
From "South of Somewhere" by Kalena Miller
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