Columbia

[kuh-luhm-bee-uh] / kəˈlʌm bi ə /

NOUN

United States

Synonyms

WEAK

America Land of Liberty New World U.S. U.S.A. US US of A USA land of opportunity the States

Example Sentences

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Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit declined to block the new plan on an emergency basis, and rapidly calendared the case for oral argument.

From Slate • Apr. 21, 2026

Karlyn Jones of Abacus Planning Group in Columbia, S.C., looks for higher deductibles for her clients — usually $1,000 or more.

From MarketWatch • Apr. 21, 2026

“A lot of the stragglers have done a good job cleaning up their act,” says Ed Al-Hussainy, global rates strategist at Columbia Threadneedle Investments.

From Barron's • Apr. 20, 2026

But the experiences of people like Yuner Jiang, who is preparing to finish graduate school at Columbia University in New York, show that Chinese disillusionment with the U.S. is real.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 19, 2026

Unlike me, he’d worked for several years after finishing his undergrad degree at Columbia before moving on to law school.

From "Becoming" by Michelle Obama