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Malinda

American  
[muh-lin-duh] / məˈlɪn də /

noun

  1. a female given name.


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“The cost shift narrative is a red herring,” argued plaintiff’s attorney Malinda Dickenson, representing the Center for Biological Diversity, the Environmental Working Group and the Protect Our Communities Foundation.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 4, 2025

“Like Malinda Russell, I, too, am on a quest for freedom—to be freed from the confines of what is expected of me, cooking while Black in twenty-first-century America,” she wrote.

From Salon • Feb. 2, 2025

"This is a low-income area, people are not rich here, and people will exploit opportunities for income," explains Malinda Gardiner from Conservation South Africa.

From BBC • Dec. 25, 2024

In February, Karamo was elected by grassroots activists alongside her co-chair, Malinda Pego, to lead the state party through the 2024 elections.

From Seattle Times • Jan. 5, 2024

Of apples, the Wealthy and Malinda are mentioned as bearing fairly well.

From Trees, Fruits and Flowers of Minnesota, 1916 Embracing the Transactions of the Minnesota State Horticultural Society,Volume 44, from December 1, 1915, to December 1, 1916, Including the Twelve Numbers of "The Minnesota Horticulturist" for 1916 by Latham, A. W.