Solon
Americannoun
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c638–c558 b.c., Athenian statesman.
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(often lowercase) a wise lawgiver.
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a town in N Ohio.
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Without fiber-optic connectivity, even the most advanced chips are “essentially worthless,” Anthony Milovantsev, a partner at telecommunications consulting firm Altman Solon, wrote in an email to MarketWatch.
From MarketWatch ● Mar. 7, 2026
Mr. Solon is a senior fellow at the Hudson Institute.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 2, 2025
The deal was finalized in February, with the nonprofit that runs The Daily Iowan taking over the Mount Vernon-Lisbon Sun and the Solon Economist.
From Seattle Times ● Apr. 2, 2024
In the Americas, UBS appointed Solon Kentas and Jeff Hinton as heads of mergers and acquisitions and Brad Miller as head of equity capital markets.
From Reuters ● Aug. 7, 2023
And when Solon did not mention him, Croesus was forced to say, “Do you not consider me lucky?”
From "East of Eden" by John Steinbeck
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