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Niles

American  
[nahylz] / naɪlz /

noun

  1. a city in NE Illinois, near Chicago.

  2. a city in NE Ohio.

  3. a city in SW Michigan.

  4. a male given name, form of Neil.


Example Sentences

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Hezekiah Niles, the most important journalist of the early 19th century, saw the problem and offered a new solution to the establishing of “a national character” for Americans.

From The Wall Street Journal

Niles caught the scent of her bloodlust, she says at a public reading, “and like some dark angel, made manifest a wish too horrible to name.”

From Salon

"It is an important program for many Americans," Niles said, adding that recipients receive an average of around $6 per person day.

From Barron's

“He’s old — like really old, like 80,” Josh grumbles to his mother, a scene-stealing Sarah Niles, who visibly disagrees: She looks at Sonny like a Popsicle on a hot day.

From Los Angeles Times

Taylor Damron had made it for her cousin, Browning’s girlfriend Stephanie Niles, to wear to the Jan. 7 game against the Cleveland Browns.

From Seattle Times