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Geraldine

American  
[jer-uhl-deen] / ˈdʒɛr əlˌdin /

noun

  1. a female given name: derived from Gerald.


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Regional labour department director Geraldine Panlilio said she had briefly shut the project down in September 2024 over violations of occupational safety standards.

From Barron's • May 25, 2026

Geraldine Page being one of my acting heroes, I immediately said yes.

From Los Angeles Times • May 12, 2026

Geraldine Finucane believes the inquiry is being held up over the setting of its terms of reference, which will determine precisely what the inquiry will investigate.

From BBC • Feb. 12, 2026

In her latest film, Wake Up Dead Man: A Knives Out Mystery, Kunis is police chief Geraldine Scott, a rational figure in the dark-comedy murder mystery.

From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 1, 2025

Even so, it might not have led to anything—and this is a big irony, I suppose—if Miss Geraldine hadn’t been taking the class that day.

From "Never Let Me Go" by Kazuo Ishiguro

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