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Elise

American  
[ih-lees] / ɪˈlis /

noun

  1. a female given name, form of Elizabeth.


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Yet, Vonn would not definitively say that her competitive skiing career is over, during a recent interview with Vanity Fair’s Elise Taylor.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 26, 2026

Elise Avlessi, who met her tailor husband on the waterway about 15 years ago, acknowledges that times have changed.

From Barron's • Feb. 12, 2026

That was less a finely tuned automobile and more a Frankenstein’s monster built off a Lotus Elise and powered by the startup’s electric powertrain.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 30, 2026

Elise Gould, a senior economist at the Economic Policy Institute, a nonprofit think tank, gives an example using data from EPI’s family budget calculator.

From MarketWatch • Jan. 29, 2026

“Do you know Mrs. Sandler?” he asked another resident, this one named Elise Hadley.

From "Not Nothing" by Gayle Forman

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