San Diego
Americannoun
noun
Discover More
San Diego is a cultural, educational, and medical and scientific research center; a major port and naval base; and home of the San Diego Zoo.
Example Sentences
Examples are provided to illustrate real-world usage of words in context. Any opinions expressed do not reflect the views of Dictionary.com.
Jared Wilson, president of the San Diego Police Officers Assn., said in an emailed statement to The Times that his organization has been raising alarms about staffing shortages, cuts to overtime and response times.
From Los Angeles Times • May 22, 2026
Law enforcement in San Diego has been mum about the possibility of charging parents in the Islamic center shooting, but defense attorney Elmira Yousufi raised the possibility to Fox 5, a local news station.
From Salon • May 22, 2026
The massive crowds who gathered in a park near San Diego State University's Snapdragon Stadium on Thursday brought comfort to Ali Alshahin, who has children at the centre's school.
From BBC • May 22, 2026
“A guy who’s taking a girl to dinner is probably not taking three other girls to dinner that week,” Alexa Vargas, a 30-year-old project manager in San Diego, posted on TikTok.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 21, 2026
And the next day, having borrowed money from the richer of his two fiancees, the banker’s widow, Dick bought bus tickets that would take them, via San Diego, as far as Barstow, California.
From "In Cold Blood" by Truman Capote
Definitions and idiom definitions from Dictionary.com Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2023
Idioms from The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.
