Islington
Americannoun
noun
Example Sentences
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In neighbourhoods such as Ancoats and New Islington, red-brick warehouses still stand as reminders of Manchester's industrial past.
From Barron's ● Oct. 9, 2026
Byrne was born in Islington, North London, and began his music career in the mid-’70s.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 24, 2026
Originally from Toronto, she said it was much harder to find a family home in Islington with enough space.
From BBC ● Jul. 22, 2026
She points to boroughs such as Islington, where high poverty, limited green space, expensive housing and dense populations contribute to particularly low child populations.
From BBC ● Jul. 22, 2026
It was a government-funded, inner-city secondary school in the Islington neighborhood, not far from a set of council estates, which is what public-housing projects are called in England.
From "Becoming" by Michelle Obama
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