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heartland

[hahrt-land, -luhnd] / ˈhɑrtˌlænd, -lənd /
ADJECTIVE
back country
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That cautious approach, Parrot says, is rooted in the club's role as the standard-bearer for a former mining heartland.

From BBC • Apr. 10, 2026

Job losses were most acute in Ontario, the country’s industrial heartland and home to the bulk of the automotive industry.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 6, 2026

It's a project long pushed for by Canada's oil heartland but one which faces significant hurdles.

From BBC • Jan. 23, 2026

Last year saw sectarian violence in the country's coastal Alawite heartland and in southern Syria's Druze-majority Sweida province.

From Barron's • Jan. 19, 2026

It is true that the Maya were numerous; archaeologists agree that more people lived in the heartland in 800 a.d. than today.

From "1491" by Charles C. Mann




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