Shaker Heights
Americannoun
Example Sentences
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Ms. Orlean grew up in Shaker Heights, Ohio, an affluent suburb of Cleveland.
From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 10, 2025
Each chapter in “Dream Town” is named after someone who played a major role in the fight for equity in Shaker Heights schools — parents, administrators, teachers and students.
From Seattle Times • Sep. 4, 2023
Maybe the book’s most startling confidence comes six pages in, when he speaks of joining his older brother in pounding their heads against the dining-room wall of their upwardly mobile 1930s Shaker Heights home.
From Washington Post • Oct. 16, 2022
Ms. Weaver, not in town yet, quickly replied saying she was staying with her parents in Shaker Heights, Ohio, until her move.
From New York Times • Jul. 30, 2021
She had spent her whole life in Shaker Heights, and it had infused her to the core.
From "Little Fires Everywhere" by Celeste Ng
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