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Sloane

American  
[slohn] / sloʊn /

noun

  1. Sir Hans, 1660–1753, English physician and naturalist.


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“He wasn’t just an executive with a fancy degree,” said Alex Sloane, a former director at Carrols Restaurant Group, which franchised more than a thousand Burger King locations.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 7, 2026

The 2017 US Open champion Sloane Stephens says the rule will reduce the pressure on players to return to the court too quickly.

From BBC • Jun. 11, 2025

Weeks later, he filed a $400-million countersuit against Lively, husband Ryan Reynolds and their publicist, Leslie Sloane, accusing them of conspiring to destroy his reputation and wrest control of the film from him.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 20, 2025

ITV director of sport Niall Sloane said it was a "monumental deal for rugby fans".

From BBC • Mar. 14, 2025

They were a party of three on horseback--Tom and a man named Sloane and a pretty woman in a brown riding habit who had been there previously.

From " The Great Gatsby" by F. Scott Fitzgerald