Luke
Americannoun
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an early Christian disciple and companion of Paul, a physician and probably a gentile: traditionally believed to be the author of the third Gospel and the Acts.
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the third Gospel.
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a male given name: from the Greek word meaning “man of Lucania.”
noun
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a fellow worker of Paul and a physician (Colossians 4:14). Feast day: Oct 18
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the third Gospel, traditionally ascribed to Luke
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Broadcast live globally on Netflix, Beat Luke Littler featured a host of amateur players taking on world number one Littler in a one-leg face-off at Manchester Central.
From BBC ● Oct. 30, 2026
“The bear story: the hyperscalers are spending too much, earning too little, and borrowing to cover the gap, so they’ll eventually cut back,” said tech strategist Luke Lango, in e-mailed commentary.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 30, 2026
Luke Winkie spoke with a 20-year-old assistant manager at one, and it turns out that it’s as bloodcurdling as it seems.
From Slate ● Oct. 30, 2026
Luke Lango, an independent technology analyst, highlighted that Microsoft was able to achieve its latest results by spending less than investors expected.
From MarketWatch ● Oct. 29, 2026
Mr. T had to do some explaining, and after a while we were let back inside, but Luke wasn’t performing any more experiments for us.
From "Because of Mr. Terupt" by Rob Buyea
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