Gillian
Americannoun
Example Sentences
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"If Annabelle's playing mainstream hockey and she's out there with typical kids all the time and she's going to a mainstream school, that's her normal," Gillian says.
From BBC ● Aug. 12, 2026
"She doesn't get exposed to any of that, and then we expect her suddenly to walk into the workforce without having any independence training all these years," Gillian says.
From BBC ● Aug. 12, 2026
The 1979 movie version, a landmark of the Aussie New Wave, established the careers of director Gillian Armstrong, actress Judy Davis and the recently departed New Zealander Sam Neill.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 11, 2026
It would be a stretch to say that Gillian Welch saw all this coming.
From Salon ● Aug. 3, 2026
It wasn't AP, it was just an elective, but I was in a class with AP students like Gillian, Jules, and Aileen.
From "Tradition" by Brendan Kiely
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