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- Oklahoma; -- a nickname.
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- proper noun
Nickname of the U.S. state ofOklahoma .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun a state in south central United States
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Examples
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Before the basketball team was even a gleam in the eye of the Sooner State, beleaguered citizens were casting about for ways to pump life into Oklahoma.
Christine Negroni: Thunder and Aerospace A Winning Combination Christine Negroni 2011
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Before the basketball team was even a gleam in the eye of the Sooner State, beleaguered citizens were casting about for ways to pump life into Oklahoma.
Christine Negroni: Thunder and Aerospace A Winning Combination Christine Negroni 2011
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Before the basketball team was even a gleam in the eye of the Sooner State, beleaguered citizens were casting about for ways to pump life into Oklahoma.
Christine Negroni: Thunder and Aerospace A Winning Combination Christine Negroni 2011
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Before the basketball team was even a gleam in the eye of the Sooner State, beleaguered citizens were casting about for ways to pump life into Oklahoma.
Christine Negroni: Thunder and Aerospace A Winning Combination Christine Negroni 2011
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Jari Askins (D) are headed toward a battle in the fall for the Oklahoma governor's mansion, setting up a race that will see the Sooner State elect its first woman governor.
Fallin, Askins to face off in battle to become Oklahoma's first woman governor 2010
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Up next, we get out of Washington and head together to the Sooner State, Oklahoma for a great meal and a great discussion on the economy, health care and the role of government.
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Norman, Oklahoma -- Oklahoma became the 46th state on Nov. 16, 1907, which is why the Sooner State is celebrating its centennial this week.
Al Eisele: Nov. 16, 1957: A Day That Will Live in Infamy in Oklahoma 2008
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The Sooner State picked up points for relatively low levels of traffic and for higher-than-average speed limits, and lost points for very high truck traffic and for below-average pavement quality which, as Tom Elmore reminds us, is a direct result of very high truck traffic.
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Power outages across the Sooner State numbered in the tens of thousands.
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Power outages across the Sooner State numbered in the tens of thousands, and in Missouri it wasn't much better.
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