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Patricia

American  
[puh-trish-uh, -tree-shuh] / pəˈtrɪʃ ə, -ˈtri ʃə /

noun

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


Example Sentences

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“We knew we really had to thread that needle very carefully,” said state Sen. Patricia Fahy of New York, whose mask ban bill could soon be fast-tracked in Albany.

From Los Angeles Times

Todd Kochutin, a crew member of the Patricia Lee, died in 2021 from injuries he sustained while aboard the fishing vessel, according to an obituary.

From Los Angeles Times

It was a scene with Patricia Clarkson.

From Los Angeles Times

I just had to listen to Patricia Clarkson.

From Los Angeles Times

But we were sitting in these rafters of a theater filming and we’re in the middle of the scene, I’m on my close-up and Patricia is talking to me and I’m looking in her eyes and I start crying because she’s moving me, but that’s not how the scene was written.

From Los Angeles Times