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Loretta

American  
[luh-ret-uh, law-, loh-] / ləˈrɛt ə, lɔ-, loʊ- /
Also Lorette

noun

  1. a female given name, form of Laura.


Example Sentences

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District Judge Loretta Preska, who determined that two YPF shareholders were owed compensation for the 2012 expropriation.

From The Wall Street Journal

According to lead researcher Dr. Loretta Dorstyn from the Centre for Cancer Biology, Caspase-2 is essential for keeping liver cells genetically stable.

From Science Daily

It could create what former president of the Cleveland Fed, Loretta Mester, calls External link a “two popes situation” where investors get a little confused about who holds more sway.

From Barron's

It could create what former president of the Cleveland Fed, Loretta Mester, calls External link a “two popes situation” where investors get a little confused about who holds more sway.

From Barron's

Yet, US inflation has been well above the bank's two-percent target for over five years, said former Cleveland Fed president Loretta Mester.

From Barron's