Solon
Americannoun
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c638–c558 b.c., Athenian statesman.
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(often lowercase) a wise lawgiver.
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a town in N Ohio.
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Without fiber-optic connectivity, even the most advanced chips are “essentially worthless,” Anthony Milovantsev, a partner at telecommunications consulting firm Altman Solon, wrote in an email to MarketWatch.
From MarketWatch ● Mar. 7, 2026
Mr. Solon is a senior fellow at the Hudson Institute.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 2, 2025
Results of a survey by media consulting firm Altman Solon indicate good consumer trends for the NFL in Britain.
From Seattle Times ● Sep. 27, 2023
In the Americas, UBS appointed Solon Kentas and Jeff Hinton as heads of mergers and acquisitions and Brad Miller as head of equity capital markets.
From Reuters ● Aug. 7, 2023
“We all know stories of poor families in which the next generation did much better,” said Gary Solon, a University of Michigan economist who is a leading mobility researcher.
From "Class Matters" by The New York Times
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