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Arkansas

[ahr-kuhn-saw, ar-kan-zuhs]

noun

  1. state in the south central United States. 53,103 sq. mi. (137,537 sq. km). Little Rock. AR (for use with zip code), Ark.

  2. a river flowing east and southeast from central Colorado into the Mississippi in southeastern Arkansas. 1,450 miles (2,335 km) long.



Arkansas

noun

  1. Abbreviation: Ark. ARa state of the southern US: mountainous in the north and west, with the alluvial plain of the Mississippi in the east; has the only diamond mine in the US; the chief US producer of bauxite. Capital: Little Rock. Pop: 2 725 714 (2003 est). Area: 134 537 sq km (51 945 sq miles)

  2. a river in the S central US, rising in central Colorado and flowing east and southeast to join the Mississippi in Arkansas. Length: 2335 km (1450 miles)

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Arkansas

  1. State in the south-central United States bordered by Missouri to the north, the Mississippi River to the east, Louisiana to the south, and Texas and Oklahoma to the west. Its capital and largest city is Little Rock.

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One of the Confederate states during the Civil War.
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Other Word Forms

  • Arkansan noun
  • Arkansian noun
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Example Sentences

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Last week, the company said that earnings in its latest quarter were squeezed by price pressures, bird flu and a fire that damaged its Arkansas peanut butter production facility.

After Musselman took Arkansas on an Elite Eight run in 2021, the program sold out season tickets for three straight seasons.

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As mines across the region shuttered, he turned to scraping grills at a Hardee’s, then cleaning office buildings at night, then stocking shelves and changing tires at a Walmart in Arkansas.

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The federal government has allowed some states including Arkansas, Nebraska and Texas to also restrict purchases of soda or other processed foods such as candy.

The Republican characterization of disability rolls as “brimming with malingerers, layabouts and fraudsters” is unfounded, particularly given that disability rates are highest in Republican-led states like West Virginia, Alabama, Arkansas, Kentucky, and Mississippi.

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