Catherine

American

[kath-er-in, kath-rin] / ˈkæθ ər ɪn, ˈkæθ rɪn /

Or Catheryn

noun

a female given name.

Catherine British

/ ˈkæθrɪn /

noun

Saint. died 307 _ad , legendary Christian martyr of Alexandria, who was tortured on a spiked wheel and beheaded

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Catherine Clarke also has paid off her debt, at first with the help of a debt-counseling program she entered last year, and then with a bonus from work in December.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 29, 2026

It is, by any measure, the year of Catherine Opie.

From Los Angeles Times • May 26, 2026

In January of last year, Catherine said that she was in remission from cancer, which had been diagnosed in 2024.

From BBC • May 22, 2026

Catherine Wu, head of product for Claude Code at Anthropic, says the visual flicker was a side effect of a software team moving at a rapid pace, and prioritizing the rollout of new features.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 22, 2026

The next day when Princesse went to see Catherine, she did not paint her.

From "Krik? Krak!" by Edwidge Danticat

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