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Lenore

American  
[luh-nawr, -nohr] / ləˈnɔr, -ˈnoʊr /
Also Lenora

noun

  1. a female given name, form of Eleanor.


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The man’s mind, we know from the poem, is consumed with grief for his lost love, Lenore, and terror that her ghost has come seeking entrance.

From The Wall Street Journal Oct. 9, 2025

"We think Brainish can solve the problem of consciousness as we know it," Lenore tells the BBC.

From BBC May 25, 2025

Lenore actually runs an underground resistance society known as “The Daughters,” a witty Ruffin-esque turn on other so-called societies using those words.

From Los Angeles Times Feb. 1, 2024

Hanauer and his mother Lenore held a minority investment in the Reign when the Predmores relocated the club to Tacoma in January 2019.

From Seattle Times Nov. 8, 2023

And then Lenore Cole and I get back in her car and drive together to Mercy Hospital.

From "Counting by 7s" by Holly Goldberg Sloan

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