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
“It used to be an issue for me,” said the 56-year-old from Solon, Iowa.
From Seattle Times ● Jan. 11, 2024
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
Herodotus, in the Persian War, tells a story of how Croesus, the richest and most-favored king of his time, asked Solon the Athenian a leading question.
From "East of Eden" by John Steinbeck
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