Luke
Americannoun
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an early Christian disciple and companion of Paul, a physician and probably a gentile: traditionally believed to be the author of the third Gospel and the Acts.
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the third Gospel.
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a male given name: from the Greek word meaning “man of Lucania.”
noun
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a fellow worker of Paul and a physician (Colossians 4:14). Feast day: Oct 18
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the third Gospel, traditionally ascribed to Luke
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This, however, often results in Luke Shaw, Patrick Dorgu, Diogo Dalot and Mbeumo – not the strongest one-v-one dribblers - isolated on the wing.
From BBC ● Sep. 16, 2026
Actor Luke Evans said he has survived Hollywood by "watching and listening" to actors he admired.
From BBC ● Sep. 14, 2026
“It looks like OpenAI is turning things around, and Astra is ahead of Fable on multiple benchmarks,” Morningstar analyst Luke Yang told MarketWatch, referring to rival Anthropic’s Fable model.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 8, 2026
Luke described a similar experience during one of her earliest walks with Gnocchi.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 8, 2026
Just today, Luke and Jeremy had shown him a catalog with a three-thousand-dollar telescope.
From "Millionaires for the Month" by Stacey McAnulty
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