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[ahy-kon] / ˈaɪ kɒn /
NOUN
symbol or representation
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NOUN
a holy image
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STRONGEST
WEAK
NOUN
admired person
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“Erewhon stands as a true family-owned local icon — one that champions creativity and well being while fiercely dedicating itself to its communities.”

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 5, 2026

More than a decade after her death, the voice of Australian rock icon Chrissy Amphlett will be heard like never before after three lost songs were discovered in a garage.

From BBC ● Sep. 29, 2026

Clinicians can click on the icon to see how the patient’s risk has changed and what factors are contributing to the score.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 28, 2026

Appreciate a music legend’s legacy: Dolly Parton got her start in Nashville as a country star, but she cemented her status as a global icon by courting pop fans.

From Slate ● Sep. 24, 2026

He whooshed forward faster but his battery icon dipped down to one-quarter.

From "Mr. Lemoncello's Library Olympics" by Chris Grabenstein

Around 1944, Evans’s clowns transform into her signature symmetrical, archetypal masks and mandalas—totemic images and icons that feel urgent, primeval and alive.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 30, 2026

With fashion icons increasingly touting their thrift finds on social media and industry events, old-fashioned has become fashionable.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 19, 2026

Critic W. David Marx, looking to sum up the curiously stagnant opening decades of the 21st century, cribbed a phrase from one of its enduring icons for the title of his book “Blank Space.”

From Salon ● Aug. 29, 2026

"I think it's good for tennis to have these generational icons," said Karl Hale, the tournament director who offered Williams a wildcard for this month's WTA 1000 event in Toronto.

From BBC ● Aug. 28, 2026

Point to four quarter notes or four icons while the class pats a steady beat.

From "Music and the Child" by Natalie Sarrazin




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