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Wilmette

American  
[wil-met] / wɪlˈmɛt /

noun

  1. a city in NE Illinois, near Chicago.


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For the location in Wilmette, the calculation was different.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 17, 2026

But he assured fans he would “absolutely, one-hundred percent” return to the pop-punk group he helped found in Wilmette, Ill., in 2001.

From Los Angeles Times ● May 30, 2023

And when it was her turn to wear the dress — after her sister Carol Milton Zmuda and cousin Sue Stoneberg McCarthy — Jean Milton Ellis married at the Westmoreland Country Club in Wilmette.

From Seattle Times ● Aug. 21, 2022

“Our hearts are shattered,” Rabbi Dovid Flinkenstein told mourners during a service at Weinstein & Piser Funeral Home in nearby Wilmette.

From Washington Post ● Jul. 12, 2022

He begged their forbearance for his lengthy absences from the Wilmette house.

From "The Devil in the White City" by Erik Larson

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