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Palm Springs

American  

noun

  1. a city in southern California: desert resort city and retirement location.


Palm Springs British  

noun

  1. a city in the US, in California: a popular tourist resort. Pop: 45 228 (2003 est)

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

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It also picked up some area to the east in Riverside County, adding cities like Murrieta, Palm Springs and Temecula to the district.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 1, 2026

Ortega was raised alongside her five siblings in La Quinta, Calif., a city in the Coachella Valley near Palm Springs.

From MarketWatch ● Sep. 25, 2026

She’s hitting 50 cities on her “New Face, New Tour” circuit and has a Palm Springs residency set for early 2027.

From Salon ● Sep. 19, 2026

Mr. Baitz’s play is set during the Christmas season in Palm Springs, Calif., where the tensions at a family gathering grow more heated than the air outside when a long-buried family secret is revealed.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 9, 2026

“She hit her head, that’s all. She had a concussion. And then my dad took her to rehab in Palm Springs and moved back in with us.”

From "Far from the Tree" by Robin Benway

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