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Shushan

American  
[shoo-shan, -shahn] / ˈʃu ʃæn, -ʃɑn /

noun

  1. Biblical name of Susa.


Shushan British  
/ ˈʃuːʃæn /

noun

  1. the Biblical name for Susa

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Subsidies are available based on household income, says Sheryl Shushan, Patagonia’s director of global family services.

From Seattle Times • May 20, 2024

Sheryl Shushan, the company’s director of family services, told me that when nonessential workers were allowed back in the California office, Patagonia prioritized parents, starting with breastfeeding mothers, to get them access to care.

From Washington Post • Aug. 15, 2022

The cause was cancer, said Avi Shushan, a spokesman for the hospital.

From New York Times • Jun. 14, 2022

Its terminal was designed by the same architect Long had used to build a new Louisiana state capitol and a new governor’s mansion, and it was originally named for one of Long’s cronies, Abraham Shushan.

From The New Yorker • Mar. 25, 2019

Citizens Of Shushan, patriots of Persia, friends, The servant of the king has called you here To tell you of his triumph and to ask Your sage advice.

From The Blood of Rachel A Dramatization of Esther, and other poems by Noe, Cotton