Jan

¹ American

[jan, yahn] / dʒæn, yɑn /

noun

a male given name, form of John.
a female given name, form of Janet.

Jan. ² American

abbreviation

January.

Jan British

abbreviation

January

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Example Sentences

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Rodriguez was scheduled to check in with ICE on Jan. 26, records show.

From The Wall Street Journal

The server and cloud-software company on Monday posted a $423 million, or 31 cents a share, in the quarter ended Jan. 31, compared with $598 million, or 44 cents a share, a year earlier.

From The Wall Street Journal

But then we heard something about this no longer being allowed for those born after Jan. 1, 1954.

From MarketWatch

“What they’ve done this year has been extremely impressive,” said Iowa coach Jan Jensen after the throttling.

From Los Angeles Times

To analyze the U.S. government’s claims about assaults on federal immigration agents, The Wall Street Journal reviewed posts from 66 government and senior official accounts on X from Jan. 1, 2025, to March 2, 2026.

From The Wall Street Journal

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