This page shows Pennsylvania in 20 example sentences from English, with an explanation of the meaning and related words like colony or penn. Useful when writing or proofreading a text.

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Pennsylvania in a sentence

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Pennsylvania meaning

  1. A state of the United States. Capital: Harrisburg. Largest city: Philadelphia.
  2. A former colony of England, from 1681 to 1707, and of Great Britain, from 1707 to 1776, which grew progressively larger before becoming the present state.
  3. The first, and historically largest, now defunct US railroad, a hallmark of the industrial age.

Synonyms of Pennsylvania

keystone state pa american state colony university of pennsylvania penn university

Example sentences (20)

According to historical BLS data going back to 1976, the annual jobless rate has been as high as 11.5% in Pennsylvania.

All work will be performed in Erie, Pennsylvania, and work is expected to be completed by July 2028 with no option periods.

Altoona, Hollidaysburg, Bellefonte, Central Catholic, and other schools in Pennsylvania had police at their schools last week.

Tragedy in Pennsylvania: Two young children have died after being found hanging in their Pennsylvania basement.

Before that, she was a reporter in Pennsylvania and won several Keystone Awards, Pennsylvania’s top honor for reporting.

Education and early career Robert Yerkes was born in Breadysville, Pennsylvania (near Ivyland, Pennsylvania ).

John Thomas, a Pennsylvania native, earned his bachelor’s degree from the Indiana University of Pennsylvania.

According to the report, Pennsylvania is one of the highest-priority states when it comes to access to supports for learning and development.

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After graduating from University of Pennsylvania Law School, Chutkan spent more than a decade working as a public defender in Washington, DC.

I-83 has convert in Maryland and connects Baltimore to southern central Pennsylvania ( Harrisburg and York, Pennsylvania ).

Also, the Superior Court of Pennsylvania and the Commonwealth Court of Pennsylvania sit in Philadelphia several times a year.

Although we need to see less gun violence, Pennsylvania’s GOP continues to block common-sense gun safety legislation, which only hurts the cause.

Fort Indiantown Gap, a military base in central Pennsylvania, is a key training site for the Pennsylvania Army National Guard.

A majority of the requests for mail-in ballots in Pennsylvania have come from Democrats, the Pennsylvania Department of State.

Biden travelled to Ohio and Pennsylvania, appearing alongside Lady Gaga in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.

The Hotel Pennsylvania was built nearly a century ago as a companion to nearby Pennsylvania Station.

The company operates through its main office located in Bucks County, Pennsylvania and a regional office in Allentown, Pennsylvania.

Church members had grown it widely in Europe.sfn By 1730, the Pennsylvania Dutch cultivated saffron throughout eastern Pennsylvania.

Pennsylvania Auditor General Eugene DePasquale speaks during a Pennsylvania Democratic Party fundraiser in Philadelphia, Nov. 1, 2019.

About a quarter of conventional oil and gas well operators in Pennsylvania filed their annual production and inspection data to the state on time in 2021.

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Frequently asked questions

How do you use "pennsylvania" in a sentence?
An example: "According to historical BLS data going back to 1976, the annual jobless rate has been as high as 11.5% in Pennsylvania." This page contains 20 example sentences with the word "pennsylvania" from real English texts.
What does "pennsylvania" mean?
Pennsylvania means: A state of the United States. Capital: Harrisburg. Largest city: Philadelphia.
What are synonyms of "pennsylvania"?
Common synonyms of "pennsylvania" include: keystone state, pa, american state, colony, university of pennsylvania, penn, university.
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Voorbeeldzinnen.info contains 20 example sentences with "pennsylvania", drawn from a database of millions of English sentences.

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