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Kant

American  
[kant, kahnt] / kænt, kɑnt /

noun

  1. Immanuel 1724–1804, German philosopher.


Kant British  
/ kant, kænt /

noun

  1. Immanuel (ɪˈmaːnueːl). 1724–1804, German idealist philosopher. He sought to determine the limits of man's knowledge in Critique of Pure Reason (1781) and propounded his system of ethics as guided by the categorical imperative in Critique of Practical Reason (1788)

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Poolside, which was founded in 2023 by Eiso Kant, a software developer, and Jason Warner, the former chief technology officer of GitHub, sent a letter to shareholders Thursday announcing a dramatic restructuring of its business.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 23, 2026

Kant on Sunday said he had "never accepted the Nalsar invitation" to be the chief guest at their convocation so the "question of me attending does not arise", Times of India reported.

From BBC Aug. 18, 2026

Kant had said he was misquoted then too.

From BBC Aug. 18, 2026

The CJP, which has millions of followers on social media, emerged in May initially as a satirical response to Chief Justice Surya Kant reportedly likening young people to "cockroaches" and "parasites" during a court hearing.

From Barron's Jul. 23, 2026

There was nothing to look at from under the tree except Gatsby's enormous house, so I stared at it, like Kant at his church steeple, for half an hour.

From " The Great Gatsby" by F. Scott Fitzgerald

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