Evanston

[ ev-uhn-stuhn ]

noun

1. a city in NE Illinois, on Lake Michigan, near Chicago.

Evanston

/ ˈɛvənstən /

noun

1. a city in NE Illinois, on Lake Michigan north of Chicago: Northwestern University (1851). Pop: 74 360 (2003 est)

Example Sentences

The bakers at Hewn Bakery in Evanston, Illinois, are working to educate people about the length of the electoral process through what they know best — baked goods.

From Salon

Marisa Turesky from Mockingbird Analytics conducted a presentation on successful monetary reparations in U.S. cities — such as Evanston, Ill., which provided a $25,000 payment from a cannabis sales tax to Black residents who experienced housing discrimination between 1919 to 1969.

From Los Angeles Times

In “Evanston Salt Costs Climbing,” Arbery turns his focus to a subject of even greater catastrophic proportions, the existential climate crisis.

From Los Angeles Times

The harsh response and escalated protests elsewhere Tuesday suggest that the agreement at Northwestern is unlikely to spur similar deals, even if it quickly stalled protest activity in Evanston.

From Seattle Times

Johnson, who was born in Evanston, Ill., and raised between there and Chicago, has been a dominant force in visual culture since the turn of the millennium, when, at 23, he was included in the seminal 2001 “Freestyle” show at the Studio Museum in Harlem.

From New York Times