Tucson [ too -son, too-son ] SHOW IPA
/ ˈtu sɒn, tuˈsɒn / PHONETIC RESPELLING
noun
a city in S Arizona: health resort.
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How to use Tucson in a sentence At Tucson ’s Canyon Ranch spa, stressed guests learn to stroll instead of run
Since January, at least three committee members along with McKinnon have resigned, including Lynda Stites, who chaired the Tucson -based committee covering the southern portion of the state for several years.
A critical incident review board in Tucson , Arizona, posts its results online.
“The finding is very exciting, as it demonstrates the behavioral difference between the two lineages,” says Kathleen Walker, an entomologist at the University of Arizona in Tucson who was not associated with the study.
“This completely changes how we thought hydrogen, in particular, was being lost to space,” says planetary chemist Shane Stone of the University of Arizona in Tucson .
After my first trip to his place in Tucson we called one another on the telephone.
At his Tucson hacienda he is a gracious host and a good neighbor.
The former congresswoman has advocated for tighter gun laws after being the victim of a near-fatal shooting in Tucson in 2011.
"As a society, we feed the danger by forcing all of these people into the shadows," Molina told me at her office in Tucson .
This is similar to what Tucson was seeing in 2008 and 2009.
The garrison of four presidios of Sonora concentrated within the walls of Tucson , gave us no pause.
Pelly is holdin' one end of the chain down in Tucson , and the other end is layin' right here in Phoenix.
You can't get ice from Tucson so's thar'd be anything left unless you order a whole carload at onct.
Limber picked out a fine little pony for you to ride, and I found a saddle in Tucson that is just your size.
Say, I seen him ride Cyclone once and get first money for ridin' the worst buckin' bronc' at the rodeo, over to Tucson .
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British Dictionary definitions for Tucson
noun
a city in SE Arizona, at an altitude of 700m (2400 ft): resort and seat of the University of Arizona (1891). Pop: 507 658 (2003 est)
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Cultural definitions for Tucson
Large city in southeastern Arizona , in a desert surrounded by mountains.
notes for Tucson Tourist center.
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