Lucinda
Americannoun
Example Sentences
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In her timely and thoughtful book “Hinterlands,” Hannah Lucinda Smith uses the term, somewhat poetically, to mean contested places on the margins of modern states—and critically, former empires—where international attention has traditionally been sparse.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 20, 2026
Lucinda Curtois, who arrived in Spain with her partner Riyaz Cheytan and their teenage children on Thursday, said they were not "expecting to hit a wall of fire".
From BBC ● Jul. 11, 2026
Since then, the choreographer Lucinda Childs, veteran of “Einstein on the Beach,” has staged a stunningly chic “Akhnaten” in Nice, France, that is available on YouTube.
From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 5, 2026
NHS Sussex said it was "committed to working with Lucinda and her family to make sure she receives high quality and safe care to meet her needs".
From BBC ● Feb. 24, 2026
“Maybe that’s why Josie was allowed to act like the rich kid in the class,” Lucinda muttered to Ivy.
From "The School for Whatnots" by Margaret Peterson Haddix
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