Nebraska

American  

[nuh-bras-kuh] / nəˈbræs kə /

noun

1. a state in the central United States. 77,237 sq. mi. (200,044 sq. km). Lincoln. NE (for use with zip code), Nebr., Neb.

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Nebraska British  

/ nɪˈbræskə /

noun

1. Abbreviation: Nebr., NE. a state of the western US: consists of an undulating plain. Capital: Lincoln. Pop: 1 739 291 (2003 est). Area: 197 974 sq km (76 483 sq miles)

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Nebraska Cultural  

1. State in the midwestern United States bordered by South Dakota to the north, Iowa and Missouri to the east, Kansas to the south, and Colorado and Wyoming to the west. Its capital is Lincoln, and its largest city is Omaha.

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Nebraska

Jake Wolfinger, 45, has been weathering the downturn at his feedlot near Lexington, Nebraska.

From BBC ● Oct. 11, 2026

Outside Nebraska, the company is planning water parks in Florida, Illinois and North Carolina.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 9, 2026

More horrifying still, his statement was met by extended cheers from his exuberant audience of nearly 6,000 people who showed up in Nebraska on Oct.

From Salon ● Oct. 9, 2026

Hard times in the agricultural sector, especially for crop farmers, have produced competitive Senate races throughout the Midwest, including Iowa, Kansas and Nebraska.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 6, 2026

“All that self-confidence you see in them, it’s not as deep as they sometimes want you to think,” Volpe says as we sit one morning at a coffee shop near the University of Nebraska campus.

From "Drama High" by Michael Sokolove