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Nathaniel

American  
[nuh-than-yuhl] / nəˈθæn jəl /

noun

  1. Bartholomew.

  2. a male given name: from a Hebrew word meaning “gift of God.”


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Dr. Nathaniel Putzig of the Planetary Science Institute will serve as the principal investigator for GIMLI.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 8, 2026

Calculations by Tegan Hill and Nathaniel Li, economists at the Fraser Institute think tank, show that Alberta's total net contribution to Ottawa since 2007 has been C$322bn, or an average of around $17bn per year.

From BBC ● Oct. 7, 2026

Nathaniel Moore went to Las Vegas to see why some lost boys are still pinning their hopes on Bitcoin.

From Slate ● Sep. 21, 2026

In 2019 nearly 60 scientists and crew members set sail in the icebreaker Nathaniel B. Palmer for Antarctica’s Thwaites Glacier.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 24, 2026

Nathaniel and I had suddenly run out of things to say.

From "Fever 1793" by Laurie Halse Anderson

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