Maywood
Americannoun
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a city in NE Illinois, near Chicago.
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a city in SW California, near Los Angeles.
Example Sentences
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The longest unfinished stretch is the eight miles from Elysian Park through downtown to Maywood.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 10, 2026
Brian Maywood used to be the head of Launceston College in north Cornwall and was an English teacher there when Athena took over.
From BBC ● Aug. 3, 2026
The steady drizzle tested the limits of the string of tarps stretched across the backyard of a Maywood home.
From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 25, 2025
Nearby cities, including Cudahy, Maywood and South Gate, also saw dramatic demographic shifts.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 11, 2025
But Maywood shook his head at him—and Gerald, in compliance with his newly made friend's request, at last swallowed the contents.
From Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 57, No. 354, April 1845 by Various
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