Jon
noun
a male given name, form of John.
Jon
American
[jon]
/ dʒɒn /
noun
Jon.
British
abbreviation
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Jon Rahm will give up a reported £75m owed to him by LIV Golf after reaching a separation agreement that will secure his exit from the league.
From BBC ● Oct. 16, 2026
Steven Jon Kaplan sees a completely irrational stock market right now, and investors ignoring a perfectly safe way to play that.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 15, 2026
That’s according to newsletter editor Steven Jon Kaplan, who is alarmed by what he sees as investors piling into stocks without much thought.
From MarketWatch ● Oct. 15, 2026
"With the right conditions, cloud seeding squeeze out about an extra five to 10% of precipitation," says Jon Meyer, an assistant state climatologist with the Utah Climate Center.
From BBC ● Oct. 7, 2026
Jon brought the van to the shipping entrance and carried the hooded falcons and hawks into the auditorium.
From "Frightful's Mountain" by Jean Craighead George
“My boyfriend’s cooking me dinner. Not Jon. My new boyfriend.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 7, 2025
In 2013, the artists Sam and Toby Alden posted a web comic in which Jon Arbuckle awakes to find himself inside of Garfield, and Garfield tells him, “I’m Sorry Jon. I was so hungry.”
From New York Times ● Jun. 7, 2024
“He’s coming out. I’m sorry, Jon. There’s nothing we can do.”
From The New Yorker ● Aug. 14, 2019
“Not many. All of a sudden, boom, he’s right in, working as an assistant to Jon. He embraced it.”
From Washington Post ● Jan. 5, 2018
"You don't know what you're asking, Jon. The Night's Watch is a sworn brotherhood. We have no families. None of us will ever father sons. Our wife is duty. Our mistress is honor."
From "A Game of Thrones" by George R.R. Martin
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