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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To Niles, the founder of Niles Investment Management, the big thing that has happened this time around is the rise of agentic AI, through the release of the Clawd Bot — now called OpenClaw.
From MarketWatch ● May 12, 2026
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 ● Nov. 21, 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
At Village Creamery in Niles, Illinois, they scoop a Buko Pandan flavor sprinkled with shredded coconut.
From Salon ● Feb. 3, 2025
“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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