California

[kal-uh-fawrn-yuh, -fawr-nee-uh] / ˌkæl əˈfɔrn yə, -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

Example Sentences

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But plenty of time to inform California voters before they weighed in on his candidacy.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 17, 2026

Clark, who heads up the California Hospice and Palliative Care Assn., has been struggling to get clarity on the issue.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 17, 2026

The state has shuttered about 280 hospices in the last two years and is investigating 300 others, according to the California Department of Public Health, which oversees hospice licensing in the state.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 17, 2026

In California, the appeal of a new or used EV is twofold — gas prices are especially high, and charging infrastructure is more developed than in many other states.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 17, 2026

The scientists who had come in from California and Hawaii weren’t as familiar with the mountain as Crandell and Mullineaux; they didn’t realize with their naked eyes how dramatically Mount St. Helens had changed.

From "Mountain of Fire" by Rebecca E. F. Barone