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Thelma

American  
[thel-muh] / ˈθɛl mə /

noun

  1. a female given name.


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"There's a lot of things that people are aware of now," the "Thelma & Louise" star told a news conference.

From Barron's ● Sep. 10, 2026

Cannes Festival organisers drew criticism from some activists this year for using the movie "Thelma and Louise" on its official poster.

From Barron's ● May 22, 2026

The crash is a little too suggestive of what happened to Thelma, and, for that matter, Louise.

From The Wall Street Journal ● May 21, 2026

She underwrote curatorial travel, including a 1997 trip to the Johannesburg Biennial, where a cohort of American curators, among them Nancy Spector and Thelma Golden, encountered a genuinely global art world.

From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 21, 2026

The mall is silent, except for Thelma the macaw, who is practicing a new phrase: “Uh-oh!”

From "The One and Only Ivan" by Katherine Applegate

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