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  • Eva
    Eva
    noun
    a female given name, form of Eve.
  • EVA
    EVA
    extravehicular activity.

Eva

1 American  
[ee-vuh] / ˈi və /

noun

  1. a female given name, form of Eve.


EVA 2 American  
Aerospace.
  1. extravehicular activity.


EVA British  

abbreviation

  1. extravehicular activity

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

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Peacebuilding activist Eva Khair told the Security Council that "although they have denied such allegations, external actors are enabling this catastrophe."

From Barron's Aug. 24, 2026

Eva Galperin, director of cybersecurity at the Electronic Frontier Foundation, has spent years working with survivors of domestic violence.

From Salon Aug. 17, 2026

Manchester United are set to name former Hearts boss Eva Olid as their women's manager.

From BBC Aug. 4, 2026

Success Academy was founded 20 years ago by Eva Moskowitz, a former chairwoman of the New York City Council’s education committee.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 28, 2026

“You’re too much and not enough,” one of his old foster siblings, Eva, had told him once.

From "Far from the Tree" by Robin Benway

While EVA can flag large transactions or explain why a credit score changed, it won’t actually freeze your credit or pay a bill for you — at least not yet.

From MarketWatch Mar. 19, 2026

At the press conference on Friday, EVA Air President Sun Chia-Ming said "the departure of Ms Sun is the pain in our hearts forever."

From BBC Oct. 17, 2025

The freighter, ordered by Taiwan’s EVA Air, took off for Taipei on April 8, according to FlightRadar24 data.

From Seattle Times Apr. 8, 2024

“We’re still looking at single-site studies that don’t allow us to draw strong conclusions,” says Wolfgang Haak, a geneticist at EVA.

From Science Magazine Oct. 4, 2023

"He drove straightaway from the Hab for almost two hours, did a short EVA, then drove for another two. We think the EVA was to change batteries."

From "The Martian" by Andy Weir

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