Elia
Americannoun
noun
noun
Example Sentences
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Elia Ferracuti is an associate professor of accounting and Rahul Vashishtha is a professor of accounting at Duke University’s Fuqua School of Business.
From MarketWatch ● Apr. 15, 2026
“At the end of the day,” CrowdStrike Chief Technology Officer Elia Zaitsev said, closed models are “general purpose and very effective, but they are not customizable to specific use cases or niche domains.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 18, 2026
In 1999, at the Oscars, Elia Kazan was given a lifetime achievement award, and Amy and her husband, Ed Harris, did not stand, did not applaud during the standing ovation.
From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 19, 2026
Veteran forward Cedric Bakambu crossed and when Nigeria captain Wilfred Ndidi failed to control the ball in the six-yard box, Mechak Elia pounced to beat goalkeeper Stanley Nwabali.
From Barron's ● Nov. 16, 2025
On Parker Head Road, Mrs. Cobb took her outrage into her house, but Turner looked across the road, and there, sure enough, was Mrs. Elia Hurd, watching by her yellow shutters.
From "Lizzie Bright and the Buckminster Boy" by Gary D. Schmidt
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