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Cohn

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[kohn] / koʊn /

noun

  1. Edwin Joseph, 1892–1953, U.S. chemist and researcher on blood proteins.

  2. Ferdinand Julius 1828–98, German botanist and bacteriologist.

  3. Roy Marcus, 1927–86, U.S. lawyer, aide to Senator Joseph McCarthy.

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“It could just be that social media becomes totally useless,” Cohn said.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 28, 2026

As the Times’ polling guru Nate Cohn put it, the survey revealed deep angst about being able to meet “the rising price of entry for a middle-class life.”

From Slate • Mar. 25, 2026

But even Mr. Cohn admitted local politics might have driven Democratic turnout in heavily Hispanic, heavily Democratic counties.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 11, 2026

Cohn is one of America's top tech bosses, a leader in the race to develop AI and quantum computing, and served under Trump as director of the White House National Economic Council.

From BBC • Jan. 19, 2026

Cohn had been talking about the two of us going off somewhere on a weekend trip.

From "The Sun Also Rises" by Ernest Hemingway

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