Evanston

[ev-uhn-stuhn]

noun

1. a city in NE Illinois, on Lake Michigan, near Chicago.

Evanston

/ ˈɛvənstən /

noun

1. a city in NE Illinois, on Lake Michigan north of Chicago: Northwestern University (1851). Pop: 74 360 (2003 est)

Example Sentences

“It was swagger like the biggest, baddest military movie you ever saw,” said Woolf, 35, senior pastor at Lake Street Church of Evanston.

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EVANSTON, Ill. — You can change the coach and quicken the pace of practice, but one thing can’t be transformed.

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Northwestern’s lakeside stadium might qualify Evanston, Ill., as the Windy City given the strong gusts that have changed the trajectory of passes.

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Evanston Mayor and congressional candidate Daniel Biss called the scene “physically distressing” and accused federal agents of using “excessive force and intimidation tactics, including deploying snipers and documenting protesters.”

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Ojeh and Jones met during the late 1990s on the campus of Northwestern University in Evanston, Ill., when she was walking to class and he was a high school senior visiting campus.

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