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Hedy

American  
[hed-ee] / ˈhɛd i /

noun

  1. a female given name: from a Greek word meaning “pleasing.”


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Not to be confused with movies about Fox News or Hedy Lamarr, “Bombshell” isn’t just a film about the atomic bomb either.

From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 31, 2025

“Prior to the pandemic, going to school every day was still the norm,” even in the poorest schools, said Hedy Chang, the executive director of Attendance Works.

From New York Times • Nov. 17, 2023

“The pandemic’s over, but if people lost family members, that matters,” said Hedy Chang, executive director of a chronic absenteeism initiative called Attendance Works.

From Los Angeles Times • Aug. 11, 2023

The screening of Alexandra Dean’s documentary, “Bombshell: The Hedy Lamarr Story,” will be followed by a Q&A with Lamarr’s daughter, local artist Denise Loder-DeLuca.

From Seattle Times • Sep. 9, 2022

It’s time for our next scene: Hedy Lamarr nearly dies of boredom in English class.”

From "The Mark of Athena" by Rick Riordan

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