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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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Hosting Tuesday's event was EU lawmaker Eva Maydell who hailed the new tool.

From Barron's Jun. 23, 2026

Eva Fodor, co-director of the Democracy Institute at the Central European University, questions how much difference the policies made.

From BBC Jun. 15, 2026

“This is an attractive opportunity,” Eva Lee, head of Greater China equities at Swiss bank UBS, said in a recent note.

From The Wall Street Journal Jun. 15, 2026

The sentiment is shared by her fellow Eva Perón Rachel Zegler, whose lauded London revival of Evita will transfer to Broadway next year.

From Slate Jun. 11, 2026

And it takes me a moment to realize: this is the show Eva has been begging me to watch.

From "The Sea in Winter" by Christine Day

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

Extra nitrogen and oxygen tanks have been installed and all four astronauts will wear EVA suits, although only two will exit the spacecraft.

From BBC Sep. 10, 2024

Philippine Airlines and, this week, EVA Air of Taiwan each bought A350-1000s instead of waiting for the 777X to replace their older 777s.

From Seattle Times Nov. 10, 2023

The unrelated people had many fewer grave goods, says Alissa Mittnik, a geneticist at EVA who co-authored the study.

From Science Magazine Oct. 4, 2023

"We're not going to waste a message just to tell him to pose for a photo. Besides, he'll be in his EVA suit. You won't even be able to see his face."

From "The Martian" by Andy Weir

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