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Clara

American  
[klair-uh, klar-uh] / ˈklɛər ə, ˈklær ə /

noun

  1. a female given name: from a Latin word meaning “clear, bright.”


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AI hyperscalers are sharing their data-center plans earlier and promising more transparency to win local support that’s proving hard to come by, Clara Hudson reports for The Wall Street Journal.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 16, 2026

“Whenever I saw the Muse avatar, I could only think of a child’s toy,” Heather Turner, an associate chair and professor in the department of English at Santa Clara University, told me.

From Slate ● Oct. 14, 2026

This 5.2% payout rate is almost as good as the stock market’s long-term inflation-adjusted return, which is 6.1% annualized, according to Santa Clara University’s Edward McQuarrie.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 8, 2026

Amazon signed an agreement with Constellation Energy to help upgrade Maryland’s Calvert Cliffs Clean Energy Center, a nuclear site on the western shore of Chesapeake Bay, the WSJ’s Clara Hudson writes.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 1, 2026

Clara didn’t really want to talk to me herself.

From "Clairboyance" by Kristiana Kahakauwila

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