San Marcos

[ san -mahr-kuhs ]

/ sæn ˈmɑr kəs /

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noun

a city in S central Texas.

a city in SW California.

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How to use San Marcos in a sentence

It brought the site in downtown San Diego to a halt, but there have been no reports of a slowdown in North County, and officials said the superstation in San Marcos has sufficient supplies to meet second dose appointments.
Morning Report: Labor Looms Large in 79th District Race|Voice of San Diego|February 18, 2021|Voice of San Diego
San Marcos Mayor Rebecca Jones appeared on KUSI Tuesday to advocate for vaccinating law enforcement officers after the San Diego County Board of Supervisors voted 3-2 against allowing them to start receiving the vaccine.
North County Report: Vaccine Stations Are Ramping Up|Kayla Jimenez|February 17, 2021|Voice of San Diego
San Diego County District Attorney Summer Stephan is moving forward with plans for a new center in San Marcos that will not involve the city of San Diego.
Center Serving Domestic Violence Victims Remains Closed, Angering Advocates|Ashly McGlone|January 6, 2021|Voice of San Diego
That’s when we became “a city of transplants,” as Cal State San Marcos historian Andy Strathman describes us.
Politics Report: It’s Happening! Plus, the Elections Contest|Scott Lewis and Andrew Keatts|October 31, 2020|Voice of San Diego

Becerra and his wife, Monica, moved to San Marcos, the Hays County seat, in 2000 and bought Gil’s Broiler, the city’s oldest restaurant.
The COVID-19 Charmer: How a Self-Described Felon Convinced Elected Officials to Try to Help Him Profit From the Pandemic|by Vianna Davila, Jeremy Schwartz and Lexi Churchill|September 25, 2020|ProPublica
San Francisco was the first city to pass one in 2006; since then, 14 other cities and three states have followed suit.
Christie Blames Parents for Bad Economy|Monica Potts|January 3, 2015|DAILY BEAST
And now Portland, Los Angeles, and San Francisco are all suing Uber for refusing to play by their old regulatory playbooks.
Why Do ‘Progressives’ Want to Ban Uber and AirBnB?|Adam Thierer, Christopher Koopman|December 30, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Race is the San Andreas Fault of our culture as well as our history.
The Wildly Peaceful, Human, Almost Boring, Ultimately Great New York City Protests for Eric Garner|Mike Barnicle|December 8, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Last year in San Diego, they sported bloody pants and angry signs.
Anti-Cutters Slam New CDC Recommendations on Circumcision|Nina Strochlic|December 3, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Lynchburg is a six-month-old German sausage and ale house in the heart of Panama's San Francisco neighborhood.
House of the Witch: The Renegade Craft Brewers of Panama|Jeff Campagna|November 30, 2014|DAILY BEAST
San Antonio de Bexar lies in a fertile and well-irrigated valley, stretching westward from the river Salado.
Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, No. CCCXXXIX. January, 1844. Vol. LV.|Various
Columbus found the natives of San Salvador smoking after this manner.
Tobacco; Its History, Varieties, Culture, Manufacture and Commerce|E. R. Billings.
The five hundred men whom we had left in San Antonio de Bexar, fared no better.
Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, No. CCCXXXIX. January, 1844. Vol. LV.|Various
The jagged top and spurs of San Jacinto Mountain shone like the turrets and posterns of a citadel built of rubies.
Ramona|Helen Hunt Jackson
On a shelf near one of these windows stood the little Madonna, again wreathed with vines as in San Pasquale.
Ramona|Helen Hunt Jackson