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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Understanding how individual rivers respond to warming is challenging because direct measurements in northern Alaska are limited.

From Science Daily • Apr. 4, 2026

United Airlines fell 3% while Southwest Airlines declined 1.7%, and Alaska Air Group declined more than 0.9%.

From Barron's • Apr. 2, 2026

Her aunt in Anchorage even texted to let Sullivan know that news of her protest had reached Alaska.

From Salon • Mar. 28, 2026

Alex previously worked in Southeast Asia as a video journalist and in southeastern Alaska as a public radio reporter.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 27, 2026

Why did agricultural revolutions erupt in the Middle East, China and Central America but not in Australia, Alaska or South Africa?

From "Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind" by Yuval Noah Harari