Definitions for Oprah
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1. Oprahnoun

   The Oprah Winfrey Show, a popular long-running U.S. television talk show.

   He was on Oprah recently to talk about his new book.

2. Etymology: From Oprah Winfrey, a very influential talk show host

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1. Oprah

   Oprah Gail Winfrey (; born Orpah Gail Winfrey; January 29, 1954), often referred to mononymously as Oprah, is an American talk show host, television producer, actress, author, and philanthropist. She is best known for her talk show, The Oprah Winfrey Show, broadcast from Chicago, which ran in national syndication for 25 years, from 1986 to 2011. Dubbed the "Queen of All Media", she was the richest African-American of the 20th century and was once the world's only black billionaire. By 2007, she was sometimes ranked as the most influential woman in the world.Winfrey was born into poverty in rural Mississippi to a single teenage mother and later raised in inner-city Milwaukee. She has stated that she was molested during her childhood and early teenage years and became pregnant at 14; her son was born prematurely and died in infancy. Winfrey was then sent to live with the man she calls her father, Vernon Winfrey, a barber in Nashville, Tennessee, and landed a job in radio while still in high school. By 19, she was a co-anchor for the local evening news. Winfrey's often emotional, extemporaneous delivery eventually led to her transfer to the daytime talk show arena, and after boosting a third-rated local Chicago talk show to first place, she launched her own production company. By the mid-1990s, Winfrey had reinvented her show with a focus on literature, self-improvement, mindfulness, and spirituality. Though she has been criticized for unleashing a confession culture, promoting controversial self-help ideas, and having an emotion-centered approach, she has also been praised for overcoming adversity to become a benefactor to others. Winfrey also emerged as a political force in the 2008 presidential race, with her endorsement of Barack Obama estimated to have been worth about one million votes during the 2008 Democratic primaries. In 2013, Winfrey was awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom by President Obama and received honorary doctorate degrees from Duke and Harvard. In 2008, she formed her own network, the Oprah Winfrey Network (OWN). Credited with creating a more intimate, confessional form of media communication, Winfrey popularized and revolutionized the tabloid talk show genre pioneered by Phil Donahue. In 1994, she was inducted into the National Women's Hall of Fame. Winfrey has won many accolades throughout her career which includes 18 Daytime Emmy Awards, including the Lifetime Achievement Award and the Chairman's Award, two Primetime Emmy Awards, including the Bob Hope Humanitarian Award, a Tony Award, a Peabody Award and the Jean Hersholt Humanitarian Award, awarded by the Academy Awards and two additional Academy Award nominations. Winfrey was elected as a member of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences in 2021.

How to pronounce Oprah?

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   Mia

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   Karen

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   Oliver

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Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of Oprah in Chaldean Numerology is: 5

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of Oprah in Pythagorean Numerology is: 4

Examples of Oprah in a Sentence

1. Oprah Winfrey:

   Oprah asked me questions about my experience and how I was handling things now. We did talk a little about Beamon, what I remember most is her kindness ... her words of encouragement to stay strong and do positive things in life.

2. Huma Abedin:

   Oprah can do monday in the hamptons. You could just use (xxx) house. Its close and will have good spaces to use.

3. Lauren Boebert:

   Democrats want to treat border detention facilities like an Oprah Winfrey show, you get free education, you get a free plane ticket. You get free medical care. You get free, free, free. It really has to stop and my bill is the first step in this process.

4. Ron Galella/Ron Galella:

   It was like that a lot: You had Madonna and Sean Penn walking in, Barbra Streisand and Don Johnson, Muhammad Ali would be there, Oprah sitting with Donald ringside, it was a special time. I'm sorry to see it go.

5. Bill Clinton:

   If the Oprah team want to come out here and one of our friends is willing to let us use their house out here this Monday, I would do that.

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