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Sloan

American

[slohn] / sloʊn /

noun

John, 1871–1951, U.S. painter.
a male given name.

Sloan British

/ sləʊn /

noun

John. 1871–1951, US painter and etcher, a leading member of the group of realistic painters known as the Ash Can School. His pictures of city scenes include McSorley's Bar (1912) and Backyards, Greenwich Village (1914)

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Mano advised one Zimbabwean who went on to attend Duke, Yale and Harvard universities and is now an oncologist specializing in lung cancer at Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center in New York.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 25, 2026

Gene Sloan, cruise director for The Points Guy, said: “Fuel is a very big cost for cruise companies. These are companies that buy oil by the ton.”

From Barron's • Mar. 23, 2026

Ravetch's group is now collaborating with scientists at Memorial Sloan Kettering and Duke University to further evaluate the therapy.

From Science Daily • Mar. 16, 2026

Viewers meet patient Jess Sloan on the programme, as she receives her cancer diagnosis.

From BBC • Feb. 25, 2026

Anyway, Sloan was giving everybody wedgies until he made the mistake of trying it on my friend Tyson.

From "The Sea of Monsters" by Rick Riordan

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