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Samantha

American  
[suh-man-thuh] / səˈmæn θə /

noun

  1. a female given name: from an Aramaic word meaning “listener.”


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The TBS late-night show “Full Frontal with Samantha Bee” was canceled in 2022 following the merger of Warner Media and Discovery.

From MarketWatch • May 15, 2026

The 100th drawing took Max "all night", Samantha said, with Max raiding some of his sister's art supplies to perfect the flat lizard drawing.

From BBC • May 7, 2026

Time staff writer Samantha Masunaga contributed to this report.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 16, 2026

“The staff cuts have been quite large and very bad for enforcement in particular,” Samantha Jacoby, deputy director of federal tax policy at the Center for Budget and Policy Priorities, said in an interview.

From Barron's • Apr. 7, 2026

This time it’s a text from that unknown number: Ben, it’s Samantha.

From "What If It's Us" by Becky Albertalli and Adam Silvera

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