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Lauretta

American  
[luh-ret-uh, law-] / ləˈrɛt ə, lɔ- /
Also Laurette

noun

  1. a female given name, form of Laura.


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The victims have been identified as Barmaid Nancy Lauretta Kelley, 64, and three customers - Daniel Edwin Baillie, 59, David Allen Leach, 70, and Tony Wayne Palm, 74.

From BBC Aug. 8, 2025

After dropping off the sample, the OSIRIS-REx spacecraft continued its voyage through the solar system, and Dr. Lauretta handed off the keys.

From New York Times Mar. 22, 2024

“We can now really nail solar abundances with high confidence,” Lauretta said.

From Science Magazine Dec. 11, 2023

“The bounty of carbon-rich material and the abundant presence of water-bearing clay minerals are just the tip of the cosmic iceberg,” said OSIRIS-REx principal investigator Dante Lauretta in the press release.

From Salon Oct. 12, 2023

Lauretta gave me an encouraging "bravo!" now and then; the orchestra began to understand, and things went better.

From The Serapion Brethren, Vol. I. by Hoffmann, Ernst Theodor Wilhelm

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