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Kathleen

American  
[kath-leen, kath-leen] / kæθˈlin, ˈkæθ lin /
Also Kathlene,

noun

  1. a female given name, form of Katherine.


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Shell and other oil majors are seeing "an unprecedented widening of the refining spread", said Kathleen Brooks, research director at trading group XTB.

From Barron's ● Oct. 7, 2026

So when The Cut writer Kathleen Walsh published an essay recently about feeling like she should be able to cold call her friends, it resonated with me deeply.

From Salon ● Sep. 30, 2026

Kevin Crawford, 91, and his wife Kathleen, 82, said they had booked in for a two-week stay at the hotel.

From BBC ● Sep. 20, 2026

“If Scott Bessent thought this move would stabilize the U.S. bond market, he was wrong,” XTB’s Kathleen Brooks said.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 10, 2026

Malachy smiles and says she brought home corned beef and a few spuds from Kathleen O’Connell’s shop.

From "Angela's Ashes: A Memoir" by Frank McCourt

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