Kahn

[ kahn ]

noun

1. Louis Isadore, 1901–74, U.S. architect, born in Estonia.

Kahn

/ kɑːn /

noun

1. KahnHerman19221983MUSSCIENCE: mathematicianSCIENCE: futurologist Herman . 1922–83, US mathematician and futurologist; director of the Hudson Institute (1961–83)
2. KahnLouis I(sadore)19011974MUSARCHITECTURE: architect Louis I ( sadore ). 1901–74, US architect, noted for his art museums at Yale (1951–53), Fort Worth (1966–72), and New Haven (1969–74)

Example Sentences

Every astronaut knows the risk of spaceflight, but at the same time, “as an agency NASA has a responsibility to protect the people they put in harm’s way,” says Kahn.

From MIT Technology Review

“They’re pulling in all kinds of stuff that they and other people have been developing over decades,” said Kahn.

From Quanta Magazine

Over the last four years, Kahn said, Republicans’ focus on repealing and replacing the ACA meant the government chipped away at the law rather than improving it.

From Time

Historians’ perspectives on how the past informs the presentSuzanne Kahn is the director of Education, Jobs, and Worker Power and the Great Democracy Initiative at the Roosevelt Institute

From Time

Cerf and Kahn did not design the internet to store data, partly because memory was too expensive in the early 1970s.

From Quanta Magazine

But the case against Lagarde, 58, is nothing like the showstopper Strauss-Kahn provided.

From The Daily Beast

It was filmed in the real $50,000-a-month Tribeca townhouse that Strauss-Kahn and his wife, Anne Sinclair, rented back in 2011.

From The Daily Beast

Dominique Strauss-Kahn's monumental May 2011 fall from grace rocked France to its core.

From The Daily Beast

Charged with "aggravated pimping," Strauss-Kahn still faces trial in that case.

From The Daily Beast

Negative points for also portraying Dominique Strauss-Kahn in the upcoming Welcome to New York.

From The Daily Beast

Gustave Kahn called him un puissant rêveur, and might have added, a wonderful spinner of yarns.

From Project Gutenberg

There is no hotel, except Kahn's, where one can obtain both beds and meals.

From Project Gutenberg

Kahn is before everything else an artist: sometimes he is more.

From Project Gutenberg

"Look while you may," exclaimed Feofar-Kahn, stretching his arm towards Michael in a threatening manner.

From Project Gutenberg

The reinforcement consisted of Kahn bars, reaching from wall to wall.

From Project Gutenberg