Tuscaloosa

[ tuhs-kuh-loo-suh ]

/ ˌtʌs kəˈlu sə /

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noun

a city in W Alabama.

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How to use Tuscaloosa in a sentence

Richardson, who makes the 40-mile trip from his home in Tuscaloosa four days a week, took the position after losing his job at an auto-parts-maker when its plant shut down.
Amazon’s anti-union blitz stalks Alabama warehouse workers everywhere, even the bathroom|Jay Greene|February 2, 2021|Washington Post
Saban is a defensive coach by trade, but even he understood that the path to his sixth title in Tuscaloosa wasn’t by putting eight men in the box on defense.
After all the disruption in college football, it was all domination for Alabama|Barry Svrluga|January 12, 2021|Washington Post
This one went to a player who then hugged his teammate Jones, on site with Smith in Tuscaloosa, and then hugged his coach, Nick Saban, from whom all Crimson Tide blessings flow.
Alabama’s DeVonta Smith becomes first wide receiver to win the Heisman Trophy in 29 years|Chuck Culpepper|January 6, 2021|Washington Post
The Tuscaloosa native was among the first to make art photographs in color and with a consumer-grade camera.
In the galleries: Perspectives on blending culture and identity|Mark Jenkins|December 11, 2020|Washington Post

It’s also enough to wonder if Joe Burrow’s storyline has found a new host in Tuscaloosa.
Alabama Is Winning With Its Offense, Thanks To Mac Jones|Josh Planos|December 2, 2020|FiveThirtyEight
Recently, ProPublica wrote a deep and haunting exposition on the re-segregation of schools in the South, including Tuscaloosa.
How Charter Schools and Testing Regimes Have Helped Re-Segregate Our Schools|Sally Kohn|May 16, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Last year, Mercedes, whose largest U.S. plant is in Tuscaloosa, Ala., invested $350 million in the facility.
Rick Santorum’s Ugly Appeal to Rural Voters|Joel Kotkin|March 16, 2012|DAILY BEAST
In an early 1990s, as a still-recent transplant to America, Huang drove from Tuscaloosa to Buffalo and passed Canton, Ohio.
The Legend of Charlie Chan|Paul Devlin|September 5, 2010|DAILY BEAST
We had left Tuscaloosa in a heavy rain-storm, escorted to the steamboat—some two miles—by the Montgomery Guards.
The Supplies for the Confederate Army|Caleb Huse
From Tuscaloosa, he shot athwart the wilds of Alabama, over Indian grounds, that bloody battles have rendered ever memorable.
The Portland Sketch Book|Various
I have learned of only two such cases; one was in Tuscaloosa County.
Civil War and Reconstruction in Alabama|Walter L. Fleming
Tuscaloosa County, the location of the State University, is said to have suffered worst of all.
Civil War and Reconstruction in Alabama|Walter L. Fleming
Stillman Institute was established by the southern Presbyterians at Tuscaloosa in 1876.
The History of the Negro Church|Carter Godwin Woodson