Definitions

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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An effort in Arkansas will focus on supporting “an AI-powered career navigation platform.”

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 25, 2026

When growing up in the 1910s, blues singer-guitarist Robert Johnson moved from Mississippi to Memphis, Tenn., and then Arkansas, before settling in the Mississippi Delta when his mother married a sharecropper.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 23, 2026

Even Japan, famously homogeneous, has a Black goalkeeper who was born in Arkansas to a father from Ghana.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 15, 2026

“They look very nice on you,” said Sen. John Boozman of Arkansas, who voted in lockstep with the president’s position last year but told me he hasn’t gotten a pair of shoes in return.

From Slate • Jun. 5, 2026

As we took our seats, I noticed the United States and Arkansas flags displayed in the front of the room.

From "Warriors Don't Cry: A Searing Memoir of the Battle to Integrate Little Rock's Central High" by Melba Pattillo Beals