Definitions
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- proper noun A female
given name , popular in the US in the 1990s and the 2000s.
Etymologies
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Examples
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No one else believes that Alyssa is still alive, but Johnny is certain that she is - confident in a way that he can never fully explain.
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The reason Alyssa is a good person to bring up is because I know that she and Nick love both versions -- my family's and what she originally made.
Family Recipes: Chicken Divan, The Spiced Life Family Style Laura 2009
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Alyssa is a good person to bring up at this point, because I know she makes her Chicken Divan very differently.
Archive 2009-05-01 Laura 2009
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On the other side of Twitter-Wood, there's far less ambiguity in Alyssa Milano, Michael Ian Black and Brian Lynch's tweets about Pat Robertson.
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Alyssa is a good person to bring up at this point, because I know she makes her Chicken Divan very differently.
Family Recipes: Chicken Divan, The Spiced Life Family Style Laura 2009
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The reason Alyssa is a good person to bring up is because I know that she and Nick love both versions -- my family's and what she originally made.
Archive 2009-05-01 Laura 2009
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Yet, you've also heard that Jaycee Dugard answering to the name Alyssa was the creative force behind Philip Garrido's printing business.
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Yet, you have also heard that Jaycee Dugard, answering to the name Alyssa, was the creative force behind Phillip Garrido's business, printing business.
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When questioned by his parole officer yesterday, with his wife, the two children, and the woman he called Alyssa at his side, it turned out Alyssa was Jaycee Dugard.
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Alyssa is being fitted for a hydraulic leg but is still on crutches at the moment.
Cancer Survivor Alyssa Iacoboni Goes on the Hunt of a Lifetime 2007
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