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Naomi

[ney-oh-mee, -mahy, ney-oh-mahy, -mee]

noun

  1. the mother-in-law of Ruth and the great-grandmother of David. Ruth 1.

  2. a female given name: from a Hebrew word meaning “pleasant.”



Naomi

/ ˈneɪəmɪ /

noun

  1. Douay spelling: NoemiOld Testament the mother-in-law of Ruth (Ruth 1:2)

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Forbes marked another first when she became the first Scottish minister to take maternity leave, when she left to have her daughter Naomi in August 2022.

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"I was saying to Naomi Girma after the game that we were playing chess."

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Naomi Gleit will lead business AI and other new monetization efforts.

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Mr Bradley described the delay as "shocking", adding he felt "let down" that Justice Minister Naomi Long had turned down requests from the families for a meeting.

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“It would be unwise to disregard the U.S. consumer, which remains the backbone of the economy,” Naomi Fink, chief global strategist at Amova Asset Management, wrote in a note.

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