New Mexico
a state in the southwestern United States. 121,666 sq. mi. (315,115 sq. km). Capital: Santa Fe. Abbreviations: NM (for use with zip code), N. Mex., N.M.
Other words from New Mexico
- New Mex·i·can, adjective, noun
Words Nearby New Mexico
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How to use New Mexico in a sentence
New Mexico could not account for more than 12,000 students at the start of the school year, children who were enrolled before the pandemic but never showed up in the fall.
Unprecedented numbers of students have disappeared during the pandemic. Schools are working harder than ever to find them. | Moriah Balingit | February 26, 2021 | Washington PostThe happiest place in medicine right now is a basketball arena in New Mexico.
The joy of vax: The people giving the shots are seeing hope, and it’s contagious | Maura Judkis | February 25, 2021 | Washington PostSeparately, researchers have identified a mutation in a spot on the virus called Q677, which initially was detected in variants in Louisiana and New Mexico.
New research shows California coronavirus variant is more transmissible | Joel Achenbach, Carolyn Y. Johnson | February 24, 2021 | Washington PostWest Virginia, New Mexico, and Connecticut have also reached more than 10% of their populations with the vaccine.
Map: 4 states have reached more than 10% of their populations with the vaccine | Erika Fry | February 3, 2021 | FortuneOne this past December, a package arrived at Mora Valley Community Health Services in northern New Mexico.
With fewer resources, rural America tackles Covid-19 vaccine distribution | Elizabeth Miller | January 21, 2021 | Quartz
The influential al Qaeda propagandist, who was born in New Mexico, died in a U.S. drone strike later that year.
Set among the vacant houses of suburban New Mexico, the film offers a bleak perspective on the possibility of growth and renewal.
Isaacs recently returned from the New Mexico desert after shooting interior scenes for a new TV mini-series called Dig.
It was great going to New Mexico and shooting this strange western.
The Renegade: Robert Downey Sr. on His Classic Films, Son’s Battle with Drugs, and Bill Cosby | Marlow Stern | November 26, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTThen there is the case of Spaceport America in New Mexico, near the small city of Truth & Consequences.
Virgin Galactic’s Flight Path to Disaster: A Clash of High Risk and Hyperbole | Clive Irving | November 1, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTThe independent Moquis are a fragment of the ancient ruling race of New Mexico.
Overland | John William De ForestAbsent since her childhood from New Mexico, she knew little about its geography, and could be easily deceived.
Overland | John William De ForestHalted at a pond on the left of the road, 15 miles, where we saw the first oak since we left New Mexico, and this was scrub oak.
The Expeditions of Zebulon Montgomery Pike, Volume II (of 3) | Elliott CouesYoung Carson joined them, and some days later was back again in the quaint old capital of New Mexico.
The Life of Kit Carson | Edward S. EllisThe hunters stayed until early autumn, when their employer decided to go to New Mexico.
The Life of Kit Carson | Edward S. Ellis
British Dictionary definitions for New Mexico
a state of the southwestern US: high semiarid plateaus and mountains, crossed by the Rio Grande and the Pecos River; large Spanish-American and Indian populations; contains over two-thirds of US uranium reserves. Capital: Santa Fé. Pop: 1 874 614 (2003 est). Area: 314 451 sq km (121 412 sq miles): Abbreviation: N. Mex., (with zip code) NM
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