Susanna
Americannoun
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a book of the Apocrypha, constituting the 13th chapter of Daniel in the Douay Bible.
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Also Susannah. a female given name: from a Hebrew word meaning “lily.”
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the wife of Joachim, who was condemned to death for adultery because of a false accusation, but saved by Daniel's sagacity
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the book of the Apocrypha containing this story
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He introduced Margareta and Jane Magnusson to a literary agent, Susanna Lea, who sold the idea to Simon & Schuster’s Scribner imprint.
From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 19, 2026
Poor Susanna: We only have eyes for her outfit.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 24, 2026
Which is not surprising since it was created by Susanna Fogel and David Iserson, co-writers of “The Spy Who Dumped Me,” which the former directed and the latter executive produced.
From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 15, 2026
The "remarkable" 17th century building, once home to the bard's daughter Susanna and her husband John Hall, was already undergoing a significant conservation project to help preserve it.
From BBC • Oct. 18, 2025
Mom must have thought Chess gave the phone back to Ms. Morales right away, since she was writing to Susanna, not him.
From "The Strangers" by Margaret Peterson Haddix
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