Yonkers
Americannoun
noun
Other Word Forms
- Yonkersite noun
Example Sentences
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The company said Tuesday its MGM Yonkers unit withdrew its commercial casino license application to the New York Gaming Commission and the Gaming Facility Location Board.
From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 14, 2025
West Ranch has a first-year head coach in TJ Yonkers.
From Los Angeles Times • Aug. 16, 2025
His father was a co-owner of a factory in Yonkers and his mother a homemaker.
From New York Times • Feb. 7, 2024
A man’s body, well-dressed from head to toe, was found on June 4, 1878, three miles outside of Yonkers at the foot of Tramp’s Rock.
From Slate • Dec. 28, 2023
Not three weeks later, the newspapers reported that in Yonkers, New York, Patterson was offering to sell his $140,000 house fora $20,000 loss.
From "The Autobiography of Malcolm X" by Alex Malcolm X;Hailey
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