Sloan

[ slohn ]

/ sloʊn /

noun

John,1871–1951, U.S. painter.

a male given name.

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Examples from the Web for sloan

They opened for acts like Elliott Smith, Sloan, and Promise Ring.
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After that, Sloan became “cash-poor” and was unable to afford the mortgage for her $1.4 million Manhattan apartment.
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And the irony is that Hamilton and Tygart were presenting these difficult moral questions at Sloan.
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A mild and affable lawyer, Sloan also knew his way around Capitol Hill.
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At the same time, Sloan argued that real progress would require Congress to lift at least some of the restrictions.
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As they were making a turn to gain the summit, they heard Mr. Sloan's voice behind them.
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Bannon left the supper table before Sloan had finished, and was gone nearly an hour.
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Strictly speaking, there are no sure cures in this disease, Mr. Sloan.
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Dr. Sloan recorded one Amblyopsis which he kept twenty months without food.
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Before him some farmers, in whose midst he saw Sloan Jasper, were bellowing their delight.
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British Dictionary definitions for sloan

Sloan

/ (sləʊn) /

noun

John. 1871–1951, US painter and etcher, a leading member of the group of realistic painters known as the Ash Can School. His pictures of city scenes include McSorley's Bar (1912) and Backyards, Greenwich Village (1914)

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