Clarissa
Americannoun
Example Sentences
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Councilmember Clarissa Cervantes also requested that a council committee review past fines and fees issued to vendors, as well as the rules of engagement for code enforcement officers.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 16, 2026
“The economic priorities dominate,” said Clarissa Martínez De Castro, vice president of the group’s Latino Vote Initiative.
From Salon ● Jun. 3, 2026
Joyce’s Leopold Bloom and Woolf’s Peter Walsh “are wanderers like Odysseus. Molly Bloom and Clarissa Dalloway are the women to whom Bloom and Peter return, as Odysseus returns to Penelope.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 14, 2025
Her sister, Clarissa Cervantes, serves as a city council member in Riverside and her father, Greg Cervantes, is the former mayor of Coachella.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 21, 2025
Clarissa flashed a smile that slipped into an unexpected yawn.
From "All American Boys" by Jason Reynolds
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