Bartholomew
Americannoun
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one of the 12 apostles of Jesus: sometimes called Nathanael.
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a first name: from a Hebrew word meaning “son of Talmai.”
noun
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“That economic weakness helps explain why the Bank of England is very unlikely to follow the ECB’s decision to hike at its meeting next week,” Aberdeen’s Luke Bartholomew says in a note.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 12, 2026
Luke Bartholomew, deputy chief economist at Aberdeen Investments, said the growth figures would not matter much to markets, "given how things have moved on since then".
From BBC • May 14, 2026
Zelensky was also due to meet Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew, the spiritual leader of most Christian Orthodox churches, a week before the Orthodox Easter, celebrated in Ukraine and Russia on April 12.
From Barron's • Apr. 4, 2026
Richard Bartholomew, a British scholar of religion who followed Clement for years, does not believe Clement was talking about Trump in his 2007 prophecies.
From Salon • Apr. 4, 2026
“Guess how much I care about that?” cried Bartholomew.
From "The Inquisitor's Tale" by Adam Gidwitz
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