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Emily

American  
[em-uh-lee] / ˈɛm ə li /
Or Emilie

noun

  1. a female given name: from a Latin word meaning “industrious.”


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Such tidbits fill every page of Emily Cockayne’s “Hubbub: Filth, Noise, and Stench in England, 1600-1770.”

From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 13, 2026

Bafta-winning actors Toby Jones and Emily Watson have finished work on a film about the scientist behind Britain's first spacecraft to land on Mars, which got "lost".

From BBC ● Nov. 11, 2026

The revelations have given hawks "new enthusiasm" to push through the stalled annual defense authorization bill with export control measures attached, said Emily Benson, head of strategy at Minerva Technology Futures.

From Barron's ● Nov. 11, 2026

While Emily shared that the plumbing feature “takes care of everything,” Justin noted that the family “didn’t panic as much as some others when all the toilet paper disappeared.”

From MarketWatch ● Nov. 10, 2026

I find myself reciting that Emily Dickinson poem inside my head.

From "Keeping Pace" by Laurie Morrison

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