Arkansas

[ahr-kuhn-saw, ar-kan-zuhs] / ˈɑr kənˌsɔ, ærˈkæn zəs /

NOUN

u.s. state

Synonyms

WEAK

Bear State Bowie State Hot Springs State Ozark country Razorback State Toothpick State Wonder State land of opportunity natural state

Example Sentences

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Huckabee, a former Arkansas governor and Republican presidential candidate, is the first outspoken evangelical Christian leader to serve as U.S. ambassador to Israel.

From The Wall Street Journal

Rank held by Arkansas as the state with the highest percentage of relocations to it in 2025, according to Atlas Van Line’s most recent migration patterns study.

From The Wall Street Journal

In October, Blake Werner, a 20-year-old sophomore at the University of Arkansas, saw a highly speculative trade he made in the market go his way.

From MarketWatch

I’m old enough to remember when friends in the Arkansas political press corps scoffed at the notion their governor, the phenomenally gifted but wildly undisciplined Bill Clinton, could ever be elected president.

From Los Angeles Times

Some of them—say, Arkansas coach Bobby Petrino’s 2012 motorcycle crash with a female employee–even get milked for comic relief.

From The Wall Street Journal