Niles
Americannoun
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a city in NE Illinois, near Chicago.
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a city in NE Ohio.
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a city in SW Michigan.
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a male given name, form of Neil.
Example Sentences
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But a DHS spokesperson and DHS lawyer Niles Gerry declined to say Thursday whether they plan to support Mr. Guan’s asylum claim.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 9, 2026
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 • Nov. 19, 2025
Nationwide, around nine percent of grocery purchases are paid for using SNAP, according to Niles, with a quarter of all purchases using the vouchers made at the retail giant Walmart.
From Barron's • Oct. 31, 2025
One habitat held Niles and Daphne Crane, a pair of arthritic sandhill cranes named after characters from the sitcom “Frasier.”
From Los Angeles Times • Sep. 18, 2024
“Speaking of which,'’ Niles says, “I think we should focus on what happened that day. What do you remember about being under the simulation?”
From "Insurgent" by Veronica Roth
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