Lillian

Or Lil·i·an

[lil-ee-uhn]

noun

1. a female given name.

Example Sentences

Murphy’s extravagant abode is a far cry from his very humble upbringing in Brooklyn, N.Y., where he was raised in public housing by his telephone operator mother, Lillian Laney, and police officer dad, Charles Murphy.

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Among the group's standout researchers, Lillian Hughes, who recently completed her Ph.D. and is heading to Caltech for postdoctoral work, made a major breakthrough in this field.

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"What's new here is that, because Lillian was able to grow and engineer these very strongly interacting dense spin ensembles, we can actually leverage the collective behavior, which provides an extra quantum advantage, allowing us to use the phenomena of quantum entanglement to get improved signal-to-noise ratios, providing greater sensitivity and making a better measurement possible."

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In May, surrogacy agency owner Lillian Markowitz was sentenced to two years in prison after pleading guilty to fraud.

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Soon she is pregnant with Lillian, later nicknamed “Gish” for the silent film actor, and motherhood overwhelms her.

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