Columbia

[kuh-luhm-bee-uh] / kəˈlʌm bi ə /

NOUN

United States

Synonyms

WEAK

America Land of Liberty New World U.S. U.S.A. US US of A USA land of opportunity the States

Example Sentences

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Lavallo is referring to Ronald Breslow, a Columbia University chemist who proposed in 1958 that vitamin B1 could transform into a carbene to enable key biochemical reactions.

From Science Daily • Apr. 11, 2026

Cesar Andres Mendez Garzon, who was also taken into custody on Thursday, is from Columbia and entered the United States in 2023 in Arizona.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 10, 2026

“That’s really the real price that refiners are paying,” said Daniel Sternoff, a senior fellow at Columbia University’s Center on Global Energy Policy.

From Barron's • Apr. 10, 2026

BBC News has asked representatives for Labrinth for a comment, and approached Columbia and HBO for a response.

From BBC • Apr. 10, 2026

“My wife and sister-in-law have heart trouble and I'll assure you had this horrifying program been fatal to either of them the Columbia Company would have had to answer for it.”

From "Spooked!" by Gail Jarrow