Hannah
Americannoun
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(in the Bible) the mother of Samuel.
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a female given name: from a Hebrew word meaning “grace.”
noun
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“Investors tend to pull back less than noninvestor buyers when conditions deteriorate,” Hannah Jones, a senior economist at Realtor.com, told MarketWatch.
From MarketWatch ● Oct. 17, 2026
"Liberty was an incredibly strong person with a very strong sense of right and wrong. She was very opinionated, which I loved about her," Hannah said.
From BBC ● Oct. 16, 2026
Researchers used an innovative technique called 'transmission strings', developed by Bristol astrophysicists Dr. David Grant and Dr. Hannah Wakeford, to investigate the planet's atmospheric structure in unprecedented detail.
From Science Daily ● Oct. 16, 2026
The serene Drew household consists of Hannah the cook and Nancy’s widower father, Carson, who works too hard to meet a prospective stepmother.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 14, 2026
Right after breakfast Hannah drove Nancy, Bess, and George to the museum.
From "Case of the Sneaky Snowman: Nancy Drew and the Clue Crew, #5" by Carolyn Keene
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