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Cerritos

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

noun

  1. a city in SW California.


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The championship match will be next weekend at Cerritos College, followed by the Southern California regional and state championships.

From Los Angeles Times May 9, 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 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

Mater Dei won its first nine head-to-head meetings with Sierra Canyon before losing in four sets in the Southern Section Division 1 final Nov. 8 at Cerritos College.

From Los Angeles Times Nov. 19, 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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