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Bradstreet

American  
[brad-street] / ˈbrædˌstrit /

noun

  1. Anne (Dudley), 1612?–72, American poet.

  2. her husband Simon, 1603–97, governor of the Massachusetts colony 1679–86, 1689–92.


Bradstreet British  
/ ˈbrædˌstriːt /

noun

  1. Anne ( Dudley ). ?1612–72, US poet, born in England: regarded as the first significant US poet

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Developed for television by Kyle Bradstreet, the extraterrestrial political spy thriller is currently in the midst of its six-episode run on Disney+.

From Los Angeles Times • Jul. 5, 2023

She complains that there’s “a dash of cosy feminism” in biographer Charlotte Gordon’s picture of Bradstreet rocking her baby while composing her poems.

From Washington Post • Jan. 5, 2023

He served on several corporate boards and, in the late 1990s, as the interim chairman and chief executive of the advisory firm Dun & Bradstreet.

From New York Times • Jul. 4, 2022

That’s also supplemented by a seven-minute piece focused on Mr. Bradstreet and his exceptional, photo-realistic style.

From Washington Times • Feb. 10, 2022

You refer the matter to Mr. Haddon, who looks up Mr. Sears in Bradstreet and then writes to one of your salesmen at St. Louis, asking him to investigate the financial standing of Mr. Sears.

From Business English A Practice Book by Buhlig, Rose