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Nora

American  
[nawr-uh, nohr-uh] / ˈnɔr ə, ˈnoʊr ə /

noun

  1. a female given name, form of Honora.


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Nora, who is divorced and doesn’t have children, moved in with her mom after Covid hit.

From The Wall Street Journal Sep. 5, 2026

There’s Mênis, which Nora defines as the anger of a society or a people.

From Salon Sep. 3, 2026

What’s more, Flynn became infatuated with another 18-year-old, Nora Eddington, who worked at the cigarette-and-snack counter of the criminal courts building where he was standing trial.

From Los Angeles Times Sep. 2, 2026

“Meta wouldn’t settle unless it sees the writing on the wall and feels really exposed,” Nora Freeman Engstrom, a Stanford University law professor, told the New York Times.

From Slate Aug. 26, 2026

And then Nora draws a piggy bank with dollar signs around it.

From "A Soft Place to Land" by Janae Marks

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