Hanford

American  

[han-ferd] / ˈhæn fərd /

noun

1. a city in central California.

2. a locality in SE Washington, on the Columbia River: site of an atomic energy plant Hanford Works.

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Example Sentences

The low stratus clouds — which appear to stretch from Bakersfield through Chico and west into the Bay Area — continue to create visibility concerns on roadways and could help foster a record-cool December, said Carlos Molina, a meteorologist with the National Weather Service in Hanford.

From Los Angeles Times

Shruti Javali, a family physician at a clinic in Hanford, Calif., regularly treats patients with advanced cases of San Joaquin Valley fever, a fungal lung infection found mainly in that part of California and Arizona.

From The Wall Street Journal

Bietz, who lives in Hanford, says he didn’t decapitate the animal.

From Los Angeles Times

Raised in Hanford, Calif., by a single mother and grandparents who immigrated from Michoacán, Mexico, he earned his bachelor’s and master’s degrees from UC Berkeley and a PhD in higher education leadership and policy from Stanford University.

From Los Angeles Times

Currently, Hanford is tied with Goodland, Kan., as the NWS office with the highest percentage of meteorologist vacancies in the country, with eight of 13 positions unfilled, or about 62%, according to The Times report, which used data from the National Weather Service Employees Organization.

From Los Angeles Times