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Charis

American  
[kay-ris] / ˈkeɪ rɪs /

noun

Classical Mythology.
  1. one of the Graces, married to Hephaestus.

  2. singular of Charites.


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Grace Scrivens was touted as a future England batter for a few years but seems to have fallen down the pecking order, while Charis Pavely and Ella McCaughan are the other potential in-form youngsters.

From BBC ● Jul. 12, 2026

Charis Newman from Family Action said: "We want people to come forward and say 'we want this', we really are open to suggestions."

From BBC ● May 14, 2025

Charis Kubrin, a criminology professor at UC Irvine, found that SB 54 did not cause an increase in crime.

From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 3, 2025

Charis Kubrin, a professor of criminology at UC Irvine who studies retail theft, said that although some stores lock up lots of merchandise, others cage almost nothing.

From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 25, 2024

Some such mistake was made about the towers styled Charis: whence the Grecians formed their notion of the Graces.

From A New System; or, an Analysis of Antient Mythology. Volume II. (of VI.) by Jacob Bryant

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