Californian
Britishadjective
noun
Example Sentences
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Next month's World Cup, where Los Angeles is hosting eight matches, was supposed to allow the Californian metropolis to burnish its image, just two years before the city hosts the Olympic Games.
From Barron's • May 27, 2026
They have copy edited at The Daily Californian since their freshman spring, most recently serving two semesters as head editor of the copy desk.
From Los Angeles Times • May 26, 2026
To make it a party, serve some good crusty bread and salt-flecked butter on the side, along with a bottle of crisp Californian or Italian white wine.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 19, 2026
Californian soprano Angel Blue will join the Chineke!
From BBC • Apr. 20, 2026
And when he wasn't with him, he was down the hall with the Californian Vietnamese.
From "Counting by 7s" by Holly Goldberg Sloan
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