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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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Of greater concern to Sterling is the death of Hedy.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 9, 2026

Families need to hear they no longer must keep kids home at any sign of illness, said Hedy Chang, the executive director of Attendance Works.

From Seattle Times Feb. 6, 2024

“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

Those setbacks, in turn, also affected attendance, said Hedy Chang, executive director of Attendance Works, which worked with Balfanz and Vaughan Byrnes, a senior research associate at the Johns Hopkins center.

From Washington Post Sep. 29, 2022

Many replies offered the names of women they believed were behind the HeLa cells: Helga Larsen, Heather Langtree, even the actress Hedy Lamarr.

From "The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks" by Rebecca Skloot

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