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Cerritos

American  
[suh-ree-tuhs] / səˈri təs /

noun

  1. a city in SW California.


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The Cerritos, Calif.-based company’s net sales of $324 million were up 10% in the three months ended Dec. 31 compared with a year earlier, the seventh consecutive quarter of sales gains.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 3, 2026

Cleveland marched to San Fernando’s eight-yard line late in the second quarter but a 25-yard field-goal attempt by Samael Cerritos hit the left upright.

From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 29, 2025

Sierra Canyon won its second Southern Section Division 1 girls’ volleyball title in four years Saturday night and ended Mater Dei’s bid for a three-peat with a 23-25, 25-23, 25-20, 25-21 victory at Cerritos College.

From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 9, 2025

According to Lodge’s website, he had tour dates scheduled this year starting Dec. 4 in Cerritos.

From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 10, 2025

Across the highway, behind the bar at Cerritos, there was a big corn field, but the plants were short and thin, and their leaves were faded yellow like the grasshoppers.

From "Ceremony:" by Leslie Marmon Silko