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Cerritos

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

noun

  1. a city in SW California.


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The Cerritos Channel watershed takes in a smaller area, including Lakewood, Bellflower, Signal Hill and east Long Beach.

From Los Angeles Times Jul. 29, 2026

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

The community colleges have proposed degrees in essential industries: field ironworker supervision at Cerritos College, modern police science at Porterville College, digital infrastructure at Santiago Canyon College and cloud computing at Santa Monica College.

From Los Angeles Times Feb. 10, 2026

The incident was reported Dec. 15 at about 11:45 a.m. in the 12700 block of Andy Street in Cerritos.

From Los Angeles Times Dec. 16, 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

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