Paula
Americannoun
Example Sentences
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Paula works as a fact-checker at a New York City newsmagazine, a job chosen, I imagine, to account for her investigatory chops, though not her tendency to put herself in dangerous situations.
From Los Angeles Times • May 20, 2026
Its buzzy 1980s origins featured endorsements from celebrities including Paula Abdul, Whitney Houston and Demi Moore.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 20, 2026
Jonathan Andic is married to the influencer known as Paula Nata.
From BBC • May 20, 2026
The book beat out a story about a suburban witch by French novelist and playwright Marie NDiaye as well as Brazilian Ana Paula Maia's dystopian read about a brutal prison colony.
From Barron's • May 19, 2026
Even that nebulous unease when she was around Paula, part churlishness and part insecurity, had melted away.
From "Americanah" by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
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