Alaska

[uh-las-kuh] / əˈlæs kə /

NOUN

u.s. state

Synonyms

WEAK

America's Icebox Seward's Folly the 49th state the Klondike the Last Frontier the frozen North

Example Sentences

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Alaska Senator Lisa Murkowski said she was "supremely disappointed".

From BBC • May 20, 2026

This glacier type is also common in Alaska and Greenland.

From Science Daily • May 19, 2026

This figure is 5% higher than a year ago, boosted in part because the Alaska cruise season has just started, AAA said.

From Barron's • May 17, 2026

He was the first member of his family to attend college, which he paid for by taking out student loans, landing work-study jobs and working summers in a salmon cannery in Cordova, Alaska.

From Los Angeles Times • May 16, 2026

“This is probably what Balto felt like!” cried Reginald, referring to the intrepid husky sled dog who had made the famous lifesaving medicine run from Anchorage to Nome, Alaska.

From "Dog Squad" by Chris Grabenstein