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Jan

1 American  
[jan, yahn] / dʒæn, yɑn /

noun

  1. a male given name, form of John.

  2. a female given name, form of Janet.

Jan. 2 American  

abbreviation

  1. January.

Jan British  

abbreviation

  1. January

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The housing factory surety guarantee idea is “super innovative,” said Jan Lindenthal-Cox, chief investment officer at the San Francisco Housing Accelerator Fund, a nonprofit that directs philanthropic money toward cost-cutting affordable housing projects.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 3, 2026

Anderson has carried the ball 5,406.5m, only behind Jan Paul van Hecke, Declan Rice, Pedro Neto and Ryan Gravenberch this season.

From BBC • Mar. 30, 2026

“It turns out you’re only a drone flight away from a major hot spot,” said Jan Freitag, national director of hospitality analytics at CoStar, a real-estate data firm.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 26, 2026

Guest: Adam Kinzinger, former Republican Congressman for Illinois’s 11th and 16th districts, Jan 6 Committee member, former lieutenant colonel in the Air National Guard.

From Slate • Mar. 19, 2026

Stewing over my culpability, I put off calling Andy Harris’s partner, Fiona McPherson, and Rob Hall’s wife, Jan Arnold, for such a long time that they finally phoned me from New Zealand.

From "Into Thin Air" by Jon Krakauer

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