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Maggie

American  
[mag-ee] / ˈmæg i /

noun

  1. a female given name, form of Margaret.


maggie British  
/ ˈmæɡɪ /

noun

  1. slang a magpie

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

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Award-winning space scientist and science communicator Dame Dr Maggie Aderin will host the broadcast.

From Science Daily Aug. 10, 2026

In England, though, the likes of Judi Dench, Maggie Smith or Glenda Jackson had always navigated effortlessly between the big and small screen and the stage.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 6, 2026

At Golden Earthworm Organic Farm in Vermont, Maggie Wood said she received hundreds of requests to join her produce-distribution service in the weeks since cyclospora began making headlines.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 2, 2026

In the A.I. age, Maggie Hennessy asserts, sparring with a grouchy maître d’ over the phone is part of what makes dining out great.

From Slate Jul. 24, 2026

I told myself I’d never let Maggie know how terrible I felt.

From "Nory Ryan’s Song" by Patricia Reilly Giff

Cummings' "maggie, milly, molly and may" explores the wonders of the seashore and the vast emotional reactions it evokes.

From Chicago Tribune Mar. 14, 2011

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