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Millay

American  
[mi-ley] / mɪˈleɪ /

noun

  1. Edna St. Vincent Mrs. Eugen Jan Boissevain, 1892–1950, U.S. poet.


Millay British  
/ mɪˈleɪ /

noun

  1. Edna St Vincent. 1892–1950, US poet, noted esp for her sonnets; her collections include The Buck in the Snow (1928) and Fatal Interview (1931)

"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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During its run, the series garnered more than 50 Emmy nominations and a total of seven wins, including a supporting actress in a drama series prize for Newton, who starred as Maeve Millay.

From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 4, 2022

“We are deeply aware of the hurt and pain this photograph has caused our community, especially our Black American residents and students,” Millay said.

From Seattle Times • May 20, 2022

The school will follow its code of student conduct in responding to the pupils’ action, Martin County School District Superintendent John Millay said in a statement Thursday.

From Seattle Times • May 20, 2022

The modernists won the day, and the discrete, imagistic verse of Eliot, Ezra Pound, William Carlos Williams, Wallace Stevens and Marianne Moore eventually crowded out the more decadent, romantic lyrics of Millay and Sara Teasdale.

From New York Times • Apr. 15, 2022

Millay shows her face! — echoed in my mind, and anger swelled in my belly.

From "The Ugly One" by Leanne Statland Ellis

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