Comanche
noun
Co·man·che
kə-ˈman-chē 
1
plural Comanche or Comanches
: a member of a nation of Indigenous peoples ranging from Wyoming and Nebraska south into New Mexico and northwestern Texas
2
: the Uto-Aztecan language of the Comanche people
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The victory by Cerritos also overshadows another outstanding performance from Comanche quarterback Alex Lundsberg, who completed 21 of 38 passes for 367 yards and three touchdowns.
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Lou Ponsi, Oc Register, 19 Sep. 2025
Sara Blackhurst, president and CEO of Action Colorado, was on an advisory committee of community members that recommended Xcel consider small, modular nuclear reactors and a natural gas plant that would capture carbon emissions to replace the Comanche power plant.
—Judith Kohler, Denver Post, 11 Sep. 2025
At the Castillo de San Marcos National Monument in Florida, text was flagged that describes the imprisonment of the Cheyenne, Arapaho, Kiowa, Comanche and Caddo tribes.
—Rachel Frazin, The Hill, 27 Aug. 2025
First-time visitors to the Comanche National Grassland are often surprised to find such a varied landscape, the tourism agency says, from rolling short-grass prairies to rugged canyons rimmed by pinion-juniper forests.
—Gary Stoller, Forbes.com, 25 Aug. 2025
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Lou Ponsi, Oc Register, 19 Sep. 2025
Sara Blackhurst, president and CEO of Action Colorado, was on an advisory committee of community members that recommended Xcel consider small, modular nuclear reactors and a natural gas plant that would capture carbon emissions to replace the Comanche power plant.
—Judith Kohler, Denver Post, 11 Sep. 2025
At the Castillo de San Marcos National Monument in Florida, text was flagged that describes the imprisonment of the Cheyenne, Arapaho, Kiowa, Comanche and Caddo tribes.
—Rachel Frazin, The Hill, 27 Aug. 2025
First-time visitors to the Comanche National Grassland are often surprised to find such a varied landscape, the tourism agency says, from rolling short-grass prairies to rugged canyons rimmed by pinion-juniper forests.
—Gary Stoller, Forbes.com, 25 Aug. 2025
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Comanche
noun
Co·man·che
kə-ˈman-chē
plural Comanche or Comanches
: a member of an Indigenous people of the southern High Plains of the U.S.
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: their language
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