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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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He posted a picture of himself on a vintage Simson scooter, an icon of the former communist East Germany, which he was regularly seen riding in the election campaign.

From Barron's ● Oct. 9, 2026

We watched as a red icon representing a drone appeared to loiter over Kyiv, practically above our heads at one point.

From BBC ● Oct. 6, 2026

The next edition of Hauser & Wirth Publishers’ ongoing book series will focus on large-scale sculptor, installation artist, painter, print-maker and French icon Louise Bourgeois.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 2, 2026

Instead, it displays a green, yellow or red icon alongside the patient’s name in the electronic health record, signaling low, increased or high risk.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 28, 2026

I’ve attached a map I’ve drawn for the story—click on the icon.

From "Nim’s Island" by Wendy Orr

The remaining 13 couples will take to the dancefloor next week for icons week.

From BBC ● Oct. 11, 2026

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

The G-glasses reappear in front of my eyes, and icons float around me.

From "The Manifestor Prophecy" by Angie Thomas




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