Santa Clara
Americannoun
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a city in central Cuba.
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a city in central California, S of San Francisco.
noun
Example Sentences
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Jo-Ellen Pozner, a management professor at Santa Clara University, also saw the move as unexpected.
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 28, 2026
Bonds in 2022 suffered their worst bear market since 1793, according to the database maintained by Edward McQuarrie, an emeritus professor at Santa Clara University.
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 28, 2026
Sebastian can match that Wednesday in Santa Clara when the U.S. plays Bosnia and Herzegovina in the round of 32 of this summer’s expanded tournament.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 30, 2026
“Imagine what a bad actor might do,” said Ann Skeet, the senior director of leadership ethics at the Markkula Center for Applied Ethics at Santa Clara University.
From Slate ● Jun. 30, 2026
The white walls and towers of the Convent of Santa Clara rose out of bougainvillea hedges dense with violet and crimson flowers.
From "The House of the Scorpion" by Nancy Farmer
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