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Melinda

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

noun

  1. a female given name.


Example Sentences

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Melinda Schuerfranz is a retiree from Ohio who ventured to Florida for the launch.

From Barron's • Apr. 1, 2026

“It has kind of allowed us to kind of breathe a little bit,” said resident and community organizer Melinda Metheney.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 5, 2026

Included on the list are Taylor Swift, Melinda French Gates, the president of In-N-Out Burger and the great-granddaughters of agriculture entrepreneur William Wallace Cargill.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 25, 2026

Gates and Melinda met in 1987 during a Microsoft sales meeting when Melinda was a product manager and he was CEO.

From MarketWatch • Feb. 9, 2026

News arrived at MI6 headquarters in Carlton Gardens that Melinda Maclean, the wife of the Soviet spy Donald Maclean, had disappeared, perhaps seeking to join her defector husband in Moscow.

From "Spies: The Secret Showdown Between America and Russia" by Marc Favreau