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Jacqueline

American  
[jak-uh-lin, -leen, jak-wuh-, zhakuh-leen] / ˈdʒæk ə lɪn, -ˌlin, ˈdʒæk wə-, ʒakəˈlin /
Or Jacquelyn

noun

  1. a female given name.


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Leadership coach and business psychologist Jacqueline Ackerman says that workforces generally don't object to a young person taking over because of their age.

From BBC Sep. 2, 2026

In April, the Pentagon fired Jacqueline Smith, the newspaper’s ombudsman, whose job was specifically intended to protect its editorial independence.

From Salon Aug. 22, 2026

The year before they had published “I Who Have Never Known Men” by Jacqueline Harpman, a Belgian novelist who died 20 years before — hardly a guaranteed success.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 19, 2026

The VC-25A planes are painted white and light blue, a design by Raymond Loewy picked by former first lady Jacqueline Kennedy that has been on the Air Force’s presidential jets since the 1960s.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 2, 2026

Jacqueline took a long piece of black cloth out of her bundle and wrapped it around her belly.

From "Krik? Krak!" by Edwidge Danticat

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