Anastasia
Americannoun
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Nikolaievna Romanov Grand Duchess, 1901–?, daughter of Nicholas II: believed executed by the Bolsheviks in 1918 with other members of the Romanov family.
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a first name.
noun
Example Sentences
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As paraphrased by Vogue, Anastasia says the tins are “all about reinventing the ordinary” into “something special and bespoke.”
From Salon • May 17, 2026
Among those killed was 20-year-old Anastasia Plakias, a student at the University of Thessaloniki.
From BBC • Apr. 1, 2026
"First, you need to create conditions that make a woman actually want to have a child. Not pressure her in every possible way," said Anastasia, a 29-year-old child rehabilitation specialist.
From Barron's • Apr. 1, 2026
“This is creating a lot of problems,” said Anastasia Kuznetsova, a mother of two living in St. Petersburg, which has also suffered from outages.
From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 14, 2026
Sam decided, as he was putting on his jacket for the playground, that when he got home he would have a serious talk with his mom and daddy and Anastasia, too, about safety and health.
From "All About Sam" by Lois Lowry
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