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Cassandra

[kuh-san-druh] / kəˈsæn drə /
NOUN
pessimist
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Even worse than not wanting to be intimate with me, Cassandra didn’t want to go out to dinner with me either, because of my carb-watching.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 5, 2026

That said, it was heartening to witness the first-ever Oscar for best casting, which went to “One Battle After Another” casting director Cassandra Kulukundis.

From Salon • Mar. 16, 2026

And yet it goes to Cassandra Kulukundis for “One Battle After Another.”

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 15, 2026

“The biggest surprise that would cause me to recalibrate would be autonomous AI agents displacing millions of jobs at the biggest companies,” said the author of the hugely popular Substack publication, Cassandra Unchained.

From MarketWatch • Jan. 12, 2026

And I wish my name was Cassandra or Alexis or Maritza—anything but Esperanza—but when I tell them my name they don’t laugh.

From "The House on Mango Street" by Sandra Cisneros