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Kahn

American  
[kahn] / kɑn /

noun

  1. Louis Isadore, 1901–74, U.S. architect, born in Estonia.


Kahn British  
/ kɑːn /

noun

  1. Herman . 1922–83, US mathematician and futurologist; director of the Hudson Institute (1961–83)

  2. Louis I ( sadore ). 1901–74, US architect, noted for his art museums at Yale (1951–53), Fort Worth (1966–72), and New Haven (1969–74)

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Kahn, who initially started using Claude for personal reasons but later started coding extensively with it, upgraded to a Max 20x subscription in April of this year.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 15, 2026

MLK is eligible to reapply to the Good Hope Medical Foundation, which has been “very happy” with the program’s outcomes, said Howard A. Kahn, the foundation’s chair.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 14, 2026

Oliver Kahn was in goal for that agonising, stoppage-time turnaround against Manchester United - two years later, the German stopper would prove Bayern Munich's hero against a vintage Valencia in Milan.

From BBC • May 28, 2026

The architects of deregulation, Michael Levine and Alfred Kahn, didn’t know what form airline competition would take.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 7, 2026

Gene Kahn sat on the board that set the new standards.

From "The Omnivore's Dilemma" by Michael Pollan

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