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    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

More recently, she played Eva in the Disney Channel's action comedy series The Villains of Valley View.

From BBC Aug. 11, 2026

Some celebrities, including Eva Longoria and Derek Jeter, have championed padel ventures.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 22, 2026

Little Eva stared at Chester as she took her first sip of the bubbly sarsaparilla.

From "Moon Over Manifest" by Clare Vanderpool

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

Never mind that other startups are cashing in on custom online dating personalities like EVA AI.

From Slate May 17, 2024

But, “All the adult females are external and don’t have parents at the cemetery,” says EVA geneticist Guido Gnecchi-Ruscone, who led the effort to reconstruct the family trees.

From Science Magazine Apr. 24, 2024

"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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