Sentence examples for becomes the third state from inspiring English sources

With Ms. Cantwell's victory, Washington becomes the third state to send two women to the United States Senate, joining California and Maine.

In 2011, Connecticut became the first state with mandatory paid sick leave; this month, California will become the second, and, in November, Massachusetts voters will decide whether it becomes the third state to legislate paid sick days.

Oregon becomes the third state in the nation to end the prohibition on cannabis.

California becomes the third state after Oregon and Washington to allow women to obtain more types of birth control directly from a pharmacist.

Indiana becomes the first state to go forward.

Alaska becomes the fourth state in the U.S. to legalize retail marijuana, along with Oregon, Colorado and Washington state.

Mississippi has become the third state to sue BP over the 2010 Gulf of Mexico oil spill.

In 1787 it became the third state to ratify the U.S. Constitution.

Iowa thus became the third state in America, after Massachusetts and Connecticut, to allow gay marriage.

New Jersey had become the third state to ban the direct-sales model, following Arizona and Texas.

In 1909, California became the third state to pass — virtually without opposition — a forced-sterilization law.