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Greta

American  
[gret-uh] / ˈgrɛt ə /
Or Gretta

noun

  1. a female given name, form of Margaret.


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Crew members, including Swedish activist Greta Thunberg, were arrested and expelled by Israeli forces.

From Barron's • May 2, 2026

Greta: On command, everyone had to hit the grass.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 6, 2026

Mulligan, 40, is set to appear in Greta Gerwig's Netflix film adaptation of the Chronicles of Narnia later this year alongside Emma Mackey, Daniel Craig and Meryl Streep.

From BBC • Mar. 31, 2026

"This makes the tendons more brittle and impairs their mechanical function," explains Greta Moschini, a doctoral student in De Bock and Snedeker's groups and lead author of the study.

From Science Daily • Feb. 12, 2026

Even Camey and Greta, unusually silent, did their part.

From "The Reader" by Traci Chee

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