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Dunham

American  
[duhn-uhm] / ˈdʌn əm /

noun

  1. Katherine, 1910?–2006, U.S. dancer and choreographer.


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“I believe that the next Bourdain or the next Lena Dunham is going to be on YouTube,” Rahma says.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 12, 2026

Having recently released her new memoir, “Famesick,” Lena Dunham made her first Met Gala appearance since 2019, wearing a heavy flow of a red feathered dress.

From Salon • May 5, 2026

Sabrina Carpenter, Doja Cat, Teyana Taylor, Lisa from Blackpink, Elizabeth Debicki and Lena Dunham are among the members of this year's host committee, which is headed up by Anthony Vaccarello and Zoë Kravitz.

From BBC • May 3, 2026

Among the attributes of Lena Dunham that her detractors detest is the quality of her voice.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 24, 2026

His mother, Ann Dunham, had been a seventeen-year-old college student in Hawaii in 1960, when she fell for a Kenyan student named Barack Obama.

From "Becoming" by Michelle Obama

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