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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Now, a long-term DNA study has provided rare insight into how a population of belugas in Bristol Bay, Alaska, forms family connections and maintains genetic health.

From Science Daily • Jun. 4, 2026

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

From BBC • May 20, 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

Furious, I went back to the storage room to finish ripping open a crate of canned Alaska salmon.

From "Cold Sassy Tree" by Olive Ann Burns