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

Because the parasitic disease was contracted from contaminated produce out of state, California is not counted as being a part of the current outbreak.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 6, 2026

Arizona, California and Nevada are downstream of the dams; Wyoming, Utah, Colorado and New Mexico draw their water before it reaches them.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 6, 2026

Paramount's bid still faces hurdles across the Atlantic after a federal judge in California ordered the companies to temporarily pause their merger last month.

From Barron's ● Aug. 6, 2026

Using two telescopes at Palomar Observatory in San Diego County, California, ZTF surveys the entire northern sky once every two days.

From Science Daily ● Aug. 6, 2026

For the abolitionists, Congress prohibited slavery in the new state of California and the slave trade was banned in the capital District of Columbia.

From "American Spirits" by Barb Rosenstock