Sylvia
Americannoun
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Sylvia Moy was the most successful woman songwriter at Motown in the 1960s.
From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 19, 2026
“There are periods of time where the Mag Seven has taken a back seat, and this year is one of them,” says Sylvia Jablonski, chief investment officer of Defiance ETFs.
From Barron's • Mar. 5, 2026
RBC's planning committee chair Sylvia Whyte added: "I think it's really good that we've got this level of employment for Runnymede for some time, so I find this quite useful."
From BBC • Mar. 3, 2026
The precarious state of her mind forces us to question whether Sylvia and Ted are ghosts, hallucinations or literary inventions sprung to life.
From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 14, 2026
When we got on the bus, Audrey kept busy on her phone, texting with her cousin Sylvia, who lived in San Francisco and was in high school.
From "Keep It Together, Keiko Carter" by Debbi Michiko Florence
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