Yonkers
Americannoun
noun
Other Word Forms
- Yonkersite noun
Example Sentences
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On Tuesday, MGM Resorts International MGM -0.86%decrease; red down pointing triangle dropped its plan for a full casino at its Empire City Casino location in Yonkers, N.Y.
From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 15, 2025
Police checked traffic tickets that had been issued in the area and traced them to Berkowitz’s car and home in nearby Yonkers.
From Seattle Times • May 28, 2024
His father was a co-owner of a factory in Yonkers and his mother a homemaker.
From New York Times • Feb. 7, 2024
A man’s body, well-dressed from head to toe, was found on June 4, 1878, three miles outside of Yonkers at the foot of Tramp’s Rock.
From Slate • Dec. 28, 2023
Two weeks later, he humiliated his opponents down in the Yonkers Handicap under a staggering 129 pounds, breaking a mile-and-one-sixteenth track record that had stood for twenty-three years.
From "Seabiscuit: An American Legend" by Laura Hillenbrand
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