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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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Samantha said she received a phone call from someone claiming to be from her bank at about 16:00 GMT on 11 October.

From BBC • Apr. 18, 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

Two weeks into their review, the team—Concannon, alongside younger students Jenna Lewis, Preston Schroeder, Natalia Montoya, and Samantha Underwood—gathered around a table in the forensic lab to share their findings and discuss theories.

From Slate • Apr. 6, 2026

“Nope,” Samantha and I say at the same time.

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