California

[kal-uh-fawrn-yuh, -fawr-nee-uh] / ˌkæl əˈfɔrn jə, -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

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California

As I wrote about a few weeks ago, naturalized citizens make up about 1 in 10 eligible voters, and nearly a quarter of them live in California.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 20, 2026

FACP, the Lawrence and Jane Kelly Chair in Hematology at the University of Southern California and lead clinician at USC's trial location.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 20, 2026

That is exactly what Hegemann, Nagel and the third Nobel-prize winner, Karl Deisseroth, a psychiatrist and bioengineer at Stanford University in California, went on to do.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 19, 2026

Or because of the recommendation algorithm overseen by engineers in Northern California?

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 19, 2026

A call coming from California would be routed first to Phoenix, I think, or somewhere in Nevada.

From "The Brightwood Code" by Monica Hesse

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