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

The current price run-up is pumping tax revenues into communities stretching from Alaska to North Dakota to the small towns speckling West Texas and New Mexico.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 17, 2026

The El Niño/La Niña pattern probably does influence certain storms that hit California, but only the typical seasonal variety that originate from Alaska or north of Hawaii, Ralph said.

From Los Angeles Times • May 14, 2026

Here in Alaska, the freezing weather could stick around for months after that.

From "I Survived the Great Alaska Earthquake, 1964" by Lauren Tarshis