Irene
Americannoun
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Classical Mythology. one of the Horae, the personification of peace.
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Also Irena A female given name.
noun
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?752–803 ad , Byzantine ruler (780–90, 792–97, joint ruler with her son Constantine VI; 797–802). She is venerated as a saint in the Greek Orthodox Church
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Greek myth the goddess of peace
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The seeds of that climax were planted decades earlier, in 1891, when Irene was only 19.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 23, 2026
Dr Irene Fernandez-Molina, an expert on the Global South at the University of Exeter in the UK, sees the appointment in the context of the monarchy's broader political interests.
From BBC ● Oct. 19, 2026
But when Irene explained that I’d be speaking Shelley’s words on her behalf, showing her emotions and mental state, I got it.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 22, 2026
Energy secretary Irene Batebe told AFP the first site, Kingfisher, would come online "by the end of this year" with an initial production of 28,000 bpd.
From Barron's ● Sep. 2, 2026
Sometime in late September Irene Klauson came to school with the kind of smile kids wear in peanut-butter commercials.
From "The Miseducation of Cameron Post" by emily m. danforth
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