Dakota
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Dakotas
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a former territory in the United States: divided into the states of North Dakota and South Dakota in 1889.
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the Dakotas, North Dakota and South Dakota.
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Also called Sioux. a member of the largest tribe of the Siouan stock of North American Indians, who originally occupied Minnesota and Wisconsin and later migrated westward to the Great Plains.
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a Siouan language spoken by the Dakota and Assiniboin Indians.
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It’s where Dakota Johnson apparently lives while going through her post-college identity crisis in the 2010s breakup movie How to Be Single.
From Slate ● Sep. 6, 2026
When a bat tested positive for rabies in Jewel Cave National Monument in South Dakota on July 29, officials released a statement about two weeks later.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 4, 2026
"We worked hard at it, and in the end, I threw it away because what was coming through Dakota playing Marilyn Monroe was so much more moving, human, alive."
From Barron's ● Sep. 4, 2026
At 4.75%, that’s also a point where “people really start to sit up and take notice,” said Robert Pavlik, senior portfolio manager at Dakota Wealth Management.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 31, 2026
She played violin with the Fargo Symphony Orchestra and taught at North Dakota State University until her retirement several years ago.
From "Orphan Train" by Christina Baker Kline
The fact that Morès was neighbors with Teddy Roosevelt out in the Dakotas is such an interesting historical coincidence.
From Slate ● Mar. 2, 2026
"The Naashoibito dinosaurs lived at the same time as the famous Hell Creek species in Montana and the Dakotas," said Daniel Peppe, Ph.D., associate professor of geosciences at Baylor University.
From Science Daily ● Oct. 26, 2025
The bank is investing in its branch footprint through openings and renovations, but has been looking to exit its presence in Wyoming and the Dakotas, according to one of the people.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 23, 2025
Data center developers are working in Alabama, the Dakotas and Indiana, “traditionally states that wouldn’t have data centers,” Eades said.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 27, 2024
He claimed he did, so finally we were on our way to the big skies of the Dakotas and to the Red River valley, the American Nile.
From "The Teacher’s Funeral" by Richard Peck
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