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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Some states, including Arkansas and Oregon, have also cut their own funding for child care subsidies over the past few years.

From Salon

Evolve, for example, opened a century ago as a bank for farming communities in eastern Arkansas.

From MarketWatch

The eventual winner of the nomination, Arkansas Gov. Bill Clinton, was fortunate enough not to have had to make that decision.

From Salon

No. 4 Arkansas: Razorbacks coach John Calipari, who has guided teams to four Final Fours, won a Southeastern Conference title for the first time since 2018, when he coached at Kentucky.

From Los Angeles Times

From the remove of many decades, Mattie relates in the novel how, in 1878, she sets off from Arkansas to catch her father’s killer, who has fled to Indian Territory.

From The Wall Street Journal