Sacramento
a port in and the capital of California, in the central part, on the Sacramento River.
a river flowing S from N California to San Francisco Bay. 382 miles (615 km) long.
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How to use Sacramento in a sentence
In that time, Sacramento has been led by 10 head coaches, finished fourth or worse in the Pacific Division 11 times and missed the playoffs in 14 consecutive seasons.
De’Aaron Fox Isn’t An All-Star, But He’s Taken The Leap | James L. Jackson | February 25, 2021 | FiveThirtyEightThis form of “entertainment” has turned into a billion-dollar industry since Limbaugh’s radio stardom took root in 1980s Sacramento.
Ten omissions from Fox Nation’s remembrance of Rush Limbaugh | Erik Wemple | February 18, 2021 | Washington PostGraduate school was the next step, then the ticket sales job in Sacramento, where Nichols promised herself she wouldn’t stay in the department long.
From ticket sales to the front office: How Amber Nichols became the G League’s second female GM | Ava Wallace | January 30, 2021 | Washington PostFerlazzo teaches English and social studies at Luther Burbank High School in Sacramento.
Teacher: What’s missing from calls for summer school to stem ‘learning loss’ | Valerie Strauss | January 26, 2021 | Washington PostBaird announced Sacramento will enter the league in 2022, increasing the number of teams to 12.
Abby Dahlkemper set to become the latest USWNT star to leave NWSL for England | Steven Goff | January 12, 2021 | Washington Post
One of the Sacramento arm wrestlers does pull ups in the wilderness, using tree branches as a pull up bar.
This Arm Wrestling Reality Show Will Make You Beg for Mercy | Kevin Fallon | February 25, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTThey had been riding their bicycles across the country from Sacramento, California for the past 15 months.
Then the two shared small talk about how Nancy Reagan was “such a pretty girl” and Sacramento is a “miserable city.”
We might prefer to read, as a comment on the crisis, an account of life in a Bakken shale “man camp” or a Sacramento Hooverville.
Too Soon to Write: Choire Sicha’s ‘Very Recent History’ | Stefan Beck | August 8, 2013 | THE DAILY BEASTFrom there, the Madsen story spidered out to Die Welt, the Sacramento Bee, Corriere Della Sera, and countless others.
Then I'll take you to Sacramento with me next year—I'm a senator this term—as my private secretary, and you'll learn a lot.
Ancestors | Gertrude AthertonHere they got on board of a flat-boat, and went to Sacramento City, where they lived in a tent for many months.
His business, he wrote, would detain him in Sacramento some days longer.
Devil's Ford | Bret HarteAn upright piano, brought from Sacramento, occupied the corner of the parlor.
Devil's Ford | Bret HarteThere isn't one nearer here than Sacramento; but I reckon we could get a small one by Thursday.
Devil's Ford | Bret Harte
British Dictionary definitions for Sacramento
/ (ˌsækrəˈmɛntəʊ) /
an inland port in N central California, capital of the state at the confluence of the American and Sacramento Rivers: became a boom town in the gold rush of the 1850s. Pop: 445 335 (2003 est)
a river in N California, flowing generally south to San Francisco Bay. Length: 615 km (382 miles)
Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
Cultural definitions for Sacramento
The capital of California, located in the northern part of the state.
The New Dictionary of Cultural Literacy, Third Edition Copyright © 2005 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.
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