Winona
Americannoun
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a city in SE Minnesota, on the Mississippi.
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a female given name.
Example Sentences
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But in reproducing the fragmentary nature of Susanna Kaysen’s memoir, which became a movie starring Winona Ryder and Angelina Jolie, the musical never acquires dramatic momentum.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 5, 2026
Poor Sofia Coppola, a last-minute replacement for Winona Ryder, flat-out couldn’t act.
From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 17, 2026
In 1988, she played Winona Ryder's stepmother in Tim Burton's "Beetlejuice."
From Barron's • Jan. 30, 2026
Allaire’s relationship with technology began while he was growing up in Winona, Minn. In the 1980s, he and his brother, Joseph “J.J.”
From MarketWatch • Nov. 14, 2025
Tonight, she just made sure the film was set for the eight o’clock entry in the Winona Ryder retrospective before carefully ducking out.
From "Night Owls" by A.R. Vishny
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