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Cerritos

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

noun

  1. a city in SW California.


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Torres told me to meet him at Western and Cerritos avenues so we could check in on some of the businesses in his district.

From Los Angeles Times ● May 28, 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

Saturday's Southern Section girls volleyball championship schedule at Cerritos College.

From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 8, 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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