California

[kal-uh-fawrn-yuh, -fawr-nee-uh] / ˌkæl əˈfɔrn yə, -ˈfɔr ni ə /

NOUN

u.s. state

Synonyms

WEAK

Bear Flag State Cal El Dorado Gold Coast Gold Rush State Golden Bear State Golden Poppy State Golden State La La Land Sunkist State

Example Sentences

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Incidents of sharks attacking humans remain rare in California.

From Los Angeles Times

The ruling irons out recent judicial efforts to protect California convicts from what Associate Justice Goodwin H. Liu called “cascading consequences” of administrative debt.

From Los Angeles Times

Powerful Santa Ana winds knocked down trees in soil softened by a deluge of recent rain, causing chaos in Southern California on Monday.

From Los Angeles Times

“California’s current DUI laws are broken and weak and fail to protect families like ours, and it’s devastating,” Braun’s mother, Jennifer Levi, said at a news conference Monday.

From Los Angeles Times

The pilot program, called Forwarded Actions for Speeding Tickets, is a joint effort by the DMV and California Highway Patrol to reverse the alarming rise in traffic fatalities, according to the California State Transportation Agency.

From Los Angeles Times