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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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This year’s event, its 15th edition, will honor artist Vija Celmins and filmmaker Denis Villeneuve, and be co-hosted by Eva Chow and Leonardo DiCaprio.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 13, 2026

Two years ago, again at Wimbledon, it appeared officials were considering defaulting Medvedev for an outburst towards umpire Eva Asderaki-Moore.

From BBC ● Oct. 6, 2026

Smiling with her hair loose, the singer performed her 2002 hit before being joined by a star-studded cast of L'Oreal ambassadors including Viola Davis, Simone Ashley, Aja Naomi King and Eva Longoria.

From Barron's ● Sep. 28, 2026

Other authors on this study include Eva Hoffman from Yale University.

From Science Daily ● Sep. 28, 2026

Eva: Just got here for the Jillana School audition.

From "The Sea in Winter" by Christine Day

Vicky Edmonds, the CEO of EVA England, an association for electric vehicle drivers, says motion sickness isn't a concern among her members.

From BBC ● Oct. 3, 2026

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

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

The field “is really blooming,” agrees Zuzana Hofmanová, an EVA geneticist who is working on reconstructing the social structure of medieval Moravia using the bones of people buried under Czech and Slovak churches.

From Science Magazine ● Oct. 4, 2023

After a quick EVA to switch the cables, I got back to driving.

From "The Martian" by Andy Weir

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