Logan
Americannoun
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John or James Tah-gah-jute, c1725–80, leader of the Cayuga tribe.
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Joshua, 1908–1988, U.S. playwright, director, and producer.
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Mount, a mountain in Canada, in the Mount Elias Mountains: second highest peak in North America. 19,850 feet (6,050 meters).
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a city in N Utah.
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a male given name.
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Etymology
Origin of logan
C18: from logging-stone, from dialect log to rock
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Dallas Fed President Lorie Logan and St. Louis Fed President Roberto Musalem both said it was important for the Fed to explain to investors what officials are thinking,
From MarketWatch ● Oct. 30, 2026
In a speech at Davidson College, Logan, who voted on Wednesday to keep rates unchanged, said the Fed needs to implement “at least” two more quarter-point hikes.
From MarketWatch ● Oct. 30, 2026
Logan attempts to medicate him so that he and Caliban can rest, but Xavier fights him off, falls out of his wheelchair and has a telepathic seizure that begins to affect everyone around him.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 29, 2026
Andrew Logan, a senior director at environmental nonprofit Ceres, said the regulations had a profound impact.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 27, 2026
There must be some mistake, Couch informed Logan, and demanded that the contributors be allowed to revise their articles.
From "The Best of Enemies" by Osha Gray Davidson
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Fun fact: Loganberries are a cross between black- and raspberries; boysenberries of logan, black-, and raspberries.
From Salon ● Jun. 8, 2022
Here are the first tweets, which he later deleted, via Topsy: lara logan had to outdo anderson. where was her buddy mccrystal?
From Forbes ● Feb. 16, 2011
Every able-bodied man in Castonia was on the booms with a pick-pole, and already the double-diamond logs were swirling and herding in the logan.
From King Spruce, A Novel by Holman Day
I even went to work the minute the ice slid down-river, and set our sheer-booms above the logan and got the sortin’-gap ready.
From King Spruce, A Novel by Holman Day
The other would swing the logs of the Enchanted drive into the quiet holding-ground of the logan.
From King Spruce, A Novel by Holman Day
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