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Carolyn

American  
[kar-uh-lin] / ˈkær ə lɪn /

noun

  1. a female given name.


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Graduate students Carolyn Dundes and Rayyan Jokhai are co-first authors of the research.

From Science Daily ● Sep. 21, 2026

Screens and a lack of friendly workers has turned off customers such as Carolyn Blue, an attorney from Charleston, S.C., and lifelong McDonald’s fan.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 11, 2026

Then there was Carolyn, a community worker of 35 years experience.

From BBC ● Aug. 22, 2026

When images from the set of Ryan Murphy’s “Love Story: John F. Kennedy Jr. & Carolyn Bessette” first leaked, they set the internet ablaze.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 19, 2026

By then, Mrs Carolyn Barnet's days of influence over his lordship were well over - indeed, the lady had ceased to be a visitor at Darlington Hall altogether.

From "The Remains of the Day" by Kazuo Ishiguro

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