Definitions
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- proper noun A taxonomic
genus within thefamily Veneridae — the type species being the amethyst gem clam. - proper noun A female
given name ofItalian origin. Popular in the UK in the 1980s and the 1990s. - proper noun astronomy : A bright
binary star in theconstellation Corona Borealis ; Alpha (α) Coronae Borealis.
Etymologies
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Examples
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Then, Tara unknowingly went to help Gemma (Katey Sagal) deal with a woman who threatened to turn in Gemma for the reward.
Sons of Anarchy's Maggie Siff: "Tara Will Always Be Struggling with Her Conscience" 2010
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And Gemma is struggling with being away from her family, which she hates.
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Q: Gemma is accepted into the most powerful and mean-spirited clique at
A Conversation with Libba Bray about A Great and Terrible Beauty 2010
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Miss Great Britain Gemma Garrett has also announced her interest, asking whether Mr Davis was “a little crazy” to give up his seat for something she described as “a little bit trivial”.
Archive 2008-06-01 2008
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Gemma is the kind lady who comes over to our home once a week to prepare food and assist our helper in different ways.
unimaginable Dean Francis Alfar 2005
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What role does this absence play in Gemmas and her friends lives and the choices they make?
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Felicitys lives be changed if their fathers were availablein Gemmas case mentally, and in Felicitys case physically?
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Despite visions and a special destiny, Gemma is not so unlike the other girls at Spence in her feelings of alienation and her yearning for acceptance.
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The main antagonist is a man known as Gemma who Jubei said he had beheaded.
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There was one word Gemma could not bring herself to utter ....
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