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Downers Grove

American  
[dou-nerz] / ˈdaʊ nərz /

noun

  1. a city in NE Illinois, near Chicago.


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In 1971, he moved his family to the Chicago suburb of Downers Grove, where his home was adjacent to a runway and he had a hangar to store his planes.

From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 25, 2025

Tyson said in October it would relocate all corporate employees from offices in Dakota Dunes, South Dakota, along with those in Chicago and Downers Grove, Illinois, to its headquarters in Springdale, Arkansas.

From Reuters • Jun. 2, 2023

A school board in Downers Grove, Ill., a suburb of Chicago, rejected calls recently to remove a memoir on gender identity from its libraries.

From New York Times • Dec. 19, 2022

One of the world’s largest meat producers said Wednesday that corporate staff at its Chicago and Downers Grove, Illinois, locations and Dakota Dunes, South Dakota, office will begin relocating early next year.

From Seattle Times • Oct. 5, 2022

Downers Grove South HS is ranked 104th among Chicago-area high schools, and the roughly 2,700 students there test at 48% proficiency in math and 42% in reading.

From Washington Times • Dec. 17, 2021

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