Owens

American  

[oh-uhnz] / ˈoʊ ənz /

noun

1. Jesse John Cleveland, 1913–80, U.S. athlete.

2. a river in E California, flowing from the Sierra Nevada S to the Owens Valley basin: diverted to the Los Angeles Aqueduct. 120 miles (193 km) long.

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Owens British  

/ ˈəʊɪnz /

noun

1. Jesse, real name John Cleveland Owens. 1913–80, US Black athlete: won four gold medals at the Berlin Olympics (1936)

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Shawn Ryan, whose YouTube show has 5.7 million subscribers, interviewed Owens, as a neutral party, to simply hear her out.

From Slate ● Jul. 21, 2026

Morningstar analyst Nicolas Owens valued the company at $780 billion ahead of the IPO, while CFRA’s Keith Snyder has said he “couldn’t wrap my head around the valuation.”

From MarketWatch ● Jul. 15, 2026

The moisture will be confined to the Sierra and the Owens Valley side of the range and is not expected to reach the San Joaquin Valley, which is likely to see triple-digit heat, he said.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 9, 2026

“To really wake up the public — the General Assembly and Capitol Square crowd — we had to go to the direct democracy route with a constitutional amendment,” Owens said.

From Salon ● Jul. 9, 2026

As he got closer, his pleasure turned into concern: why did Mr. and Mrs. Owens stand like that, arranged on each side of the tomb like characters from a stained-glass window?

From "The Graveyard Book" by Neil Gaiman